Landscape, Nature and Architecture
Technological improvements enabled Prince Albert to collect photographs of places that were significant to him
AIMÉ CIVIALE (1821-93)
L'hospice, la Douane & le lac du Saint Gotthard
1859-68Poitevin process | 26.4 x 35.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2370869
Photograph of the Lago della Piazza at the St Gotthard Pass. A large boulder dominates the lakeside in the foreground, while the Custom House (left) and Hospice (right) can be viewed on the opposite shoreline. Snow-capped mountains are rising in the background.
Creator(s)
Aimé Civiale (1821-93) (artist)
26.4 x 35.5 cm (image)
- Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Switzerland
- St Gotthard Pass [Switzerland]
- Switzerland
- Europe
- Geography
- Physiography
- Lakes
- Physiography
Object type(s)
- visual works
- albums
- photograph albums
- albums
- Places
