Landscape, Nature and Architecture
Technological improvements enabled Prince Albert to collect photographs of places that were significant to him
CHARLES CLIFFORD (1819-62)
Photographic Souvenir of Spain vol.I: General view of the Alhambra Palace from the Albaicin
1858-62Albumen 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.
Creator(s)
Charles Clifford (1819-62) (photographer)
32.0 x 42.0 cm (image) (image)
41.0 x 54.0 cm (page dimensions)
View of Alhambra and Palace of Charles V, Granada
- Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Spain
- Granada [Spain]
- Alhambra [Granada]
- Granada [Spain]
- Rivers of the Iberian peninsula
- River Darro [Spain]
- Spain
- Europe
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Architecture
- Secular architecture
- Palaces
- Moorish architecture
- Secular architecture
- Architecture
- Geography
- Physiography
- Rivers
- Physiography
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- albums
- photograph albums
- Places
