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: View of Madrid
c.1857Albumen print | 25.0 x 43.0 cm (image) | RCIN 2700023
Photograph of a panoramic view of Madrid taken from a hillside. On the left stands the Royal Palace with the cityscape stretching out to the right. In the foreground is a horse and carriage and on the right a ploughed field. Madrid is situated within a basin bounded by Sierra Guadarrama and mountains of Toledo and Guadalupe.
Creator(s)
Charles Clifford (1819-62) (photographer)
25.0 x 43.0 cm (image)
41.0 x 54.0 cm (page dimensions)
View of Madrid
Acquired by Queen Victoria
Subject(s)
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Photography
- Photographs
- Photograph albums
- Photographs
- Photography
- Places
- Europe
- Spain
- Madrid [Spain]
- Palacio Real de Madrid [Madrid]
- Madrid [Spain]
- Spain
- Europe
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Engineering & Technology
- Vehicles
- Horse drawn vehicles
- Simple transport
- Carriages
- Vehicles
- Engineering & Technology
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
