Prince Albert collected photographs of places significant to him
Charles Clifford (1819-62)
Photographic Souvenir of Spain vol.I: General view of the Alhambra Palace from the Albaicin 1858-62
Albumen print | 32.0 x 42.0 cm (image) (image) | RCIN 2700086
Photograph taken from the Albaicin of the west side of the Palace of Charles V in the Alhambra, Granada. The palace is flanked by two quadrangular towers with the palace walls appearing on the slopes. In the foreground and separated by a gorge and the River Darro, are clustered domestic buildings.
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Creator(s)
Charles Clifford (1819-62) (photographer)
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32.0 x 42.0 cm (image) (image)
41.0 x 54.0 cm (page dimensions)
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View of Alhambra and Palace of Charles V, Granada
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Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
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Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- albums
- photograph albums
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Spain
- Granada [Spain]
- Alhambra [Granada]
- Granada [Spain]
- Spain
- Physiography
- Rivers
- Rivers of the Iberian peninsula
- River Darro [Spain]
- Rivers of the Iberian peninsula
- Rivers
- Europe
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Architecture
- Secular architecture
- Palaces
- Moorish architecture
- Secular architecture
- Architecture
- visual works
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