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: Royal Convent of 'Salesas', Madrid
c.1853Albumen print | 39.5 x 31.0 cm (image) | RCIN 2700028
Photograph of the the Royal Convent of Las Salesas Reales that was built by François Carlier in the mid 18th century. In the foreground stand ornate iron railings with a number of figures standing outside, some blurred. The building is located in the Calle Doña Barbara de Braganza.
The building now houses the Supreme Court of Spain.
The building now houses the Supreme Court of Spain.
Creator(s)
Charles Clifford (1819-62) (photographer)
39.5 x 31.0 cm (image)
41.0 x 54.0 cm (page dimensions)
Convento de las Salesas Reales, Madrid
- Acquired by Queen Victoria
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Spain
- Madrid [Spain]
- Calle Doña Barbara de Braganza [Madrid]
- Convent of Las Salesas Reales [Madrid]
- Madrid [Spain]
- Spain
- Europe
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Architecture
- Ecclesiastical & religious architecture
- Monastic buildings
- Convents
- Monastic buildings
- Architectural history
- Baroque Architecture
- Ecclesiastical & religious architecture
- Architecture
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Construction
- Structural parts of buildings
- Doors
- Gates
- Doors
- Structural parts of buildings
- Construction
- Places
