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CHARLES CLIFFORD (1819-62)
Photograhic Souvenir of Spain vol.I: Dueñas Convent, Salamanca
1853-54Albumen print | 39.5 x 28.0 cm (image) (image) | RCIN 2700078
Photograph of the doorway of the Dueñas Convent, built in the 15th century in Salamanca, Spain. The arched doorway is bordered by an architrave at its top half and flanked by pillars carved in relief. Above the door, a statue of the Virgin and child stand in a recess flanked by heraldic shields. A clam shell with a Cherub's head above it tops the whole feature.
Creator(s)
Charles Clifford (1819-62) (photographer)
39.5 x 28.0 cm (image) (image)
41.0 x 54.0 cm (page dimensions)
Convent door of Las Dueñas, Salamanca
Acquierd by Queen Victoria
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Spain
- Salamanca [Spain]
- Spain
- Europe
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Architecture
- Ecclesiastical & religious architecture
- Christian church architecture
- Chapels
- Monastic buildings
- Convents
- Christian church architecture
- Ecclesiastical & religious architecture
- Plastic arts
- Sculpture
- Statues
- Sculpture
- Architecture
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Construction
- Structural parts of buildings
- Doorways
- Arched doorways
- Doorways
- Structural parts of buildings
- Construction
- Religion & Theology
- Religions and faiths
- Christianity
- Devotional Images of Christ
- Virgin & Child
- Devotional Images of Christ
- Christianity
- Religions and faiths
- Places
