Prince Albert collected photographs of places significant to him
Charles Clifford (1819-62)
Photographic Souvenir of Spain vol. I: Fountain of Cybelles in the Prado, Madrid: c. 1857
Albumen print | 31.0 x 43.0 cm (image) | RCIN 2700031
Photograph of the fountain of Cybele, in Plaza de Cibeles, Madrid. The fountain depicts Cybele in a carriage pulled by two lions. In the right foreground there is a hand waterpump. The fountain was designed by Ventura Rodriguez (1717-85).
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Creator(s)
Charles Clifford (1819-62) (photographer)
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31.0 x 43.0 cm (image)
41.0 x 54.0 cm (page dimensions)
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Fountain of Cybele, Madrid
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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
- Madrid [Spain]
- Prado [Madrid]
- Fountain of Cybele [Madrid]
- Madrid [Spain]
- Spain
- Europe
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Architecture
- Secular architecture
- Fountains
- Secular architecture
- Architecture
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
- Zoology
- Animals
- Mammals
- Carnivorous mammals
- Felines
- Lions
- Felines
- Carnivorous mammals
- Mammals
- Animals
- Zoology
- visual works
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