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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: Calle in Cuacos

1858

Albumen print | 38.5 x 27.5 cm (image) (image) | RCIN 2700062

Photograph of a narrow street in the village of Cuacos in the Extremadura region of Spain. On the left are a group clergymen, including a man wearing a tricorn hat. In the centre of the street stands a man facing left, his head turned towards the viewer. He holds a cane in his left hand. Wooden verandas overhang the street. A mountain is visible in the distant background.

  • Creator(s)

    Charles Clifford (1819-62) (photographer)

  • 38.5 x 27.5 cm (image) (image)

    41.0 x 54.0 cm (page dimensions)

  • Calle in Cuacos, Estremadura

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria

  • Subject(s)
    • Places
      • Europe
        • Spain
          • Estremadura [Spain]
            • Cuacos [Estremadura,Spain]
            • Plasencia [Estremadura,Spain]
      • Physiography
        • Mountains
          • Mountains of the Iberian peninsula
    • Religion & Theology
      • Religions and faiths
        • Christianity
          • Christian church in general
            • Church government. Ecclesiastical organization
              • Clergy