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: Alcazar Door, Ávila
1860Albumen print | 30.5 x 41.5 cm (image) (image) | RCIN 2700082
Photograph of one of the gateways that punctuate the medieval city walls of Ávila, Spain. The Puerta de Alcazar comprises two round towers connected by an arch. A large building stands on the left of the foreground. On the right are a row of domestic buildings with arcades supported on pillars. The fronts of these buildings are built of bricks arranged in a stretcher bond. In the foreground, a wheelbarrow stands in the middle of the cobbled street.
Creator(s)
Charles Clifford (1819-62) (photographer)
30.5 x 41.5 cm (image) (image)
41.0 x 54.0 cm (page dimensions)
Entrance Gate, Ávila
- Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Spain
- Avila [Spain]
- Spain
- Europe
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Architecture
- Secular architecture
- Gateways
- Architectural design
- Arcades
- Secular architecture
- Architecture
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- albums
- photograph albums
- Places
