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 Palace, Madrid
c. 1857Albumen print | 31.5 x 41.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2700024
Photograph of the facade of the Royal Palace of Madrid, built in 1755, taken from the courtyard. The centre of the building has a balustrade supported by four Ionic columns above which is a clock flanked by two reliefs of the sun, the top of which has a small bell surrounded by ornate ironwork. On the ground stands a horse and carriage and a sentry box on the far right.
Creator(s)
Charles Clifford (1819-62) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Charles Clifford (1819-62)31.5 x 41.5 cm (image)
41.0 x 54.0 cm (page dimensions)
Royal Palace, Madrid
- Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Photography
- Photographs
- Photograph albums
- Photographs
- Architecture
- Secular architecture
- Courtyards
- Secular architecture
- Photography
- Places
- Europe
- Spain
- Madrid [Spain]
- Palacio Real de Madrid [Madrid]
- Madrid [Spain]
- Spain
- Europe
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- albums
- photograph albums
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
