Landscape, Nature and Architecture
Technological improvements enabled Prince Albert to collect photographs of places that were significant to him
CHARLES CLIFFORD (1819-62)
Portada de la Coronería, Burgos
c. 1858Albumen print | 41.5 x 30.0 cm (image) | RCIN 2700127
Photograph of the Portada de la Coronería on the north side of Burgos Cathedral. The doorway is surmounted by a pointed arch with three archivolts featuring carved figures and a Biblical relief in the tympanum. Flanking the door and just above ground level are life-size reliefs of the Apostles, standing and facing directly outwards.
Creator(s)
Charles Clifford (1819-62) (photographer)
41.5 x 30.0 cm (image)
41.0 x 54.0 cm (page dimensions)
Photographic Souvenir of Spain, Vol II, 1861
- Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Spain
- Burgos [Spain]
- Cathedral of St Mary of Burgos [Burgos]
- Burgos [Spain]
- Spain
- Europe
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Architecture
- Ecclesiastical & religious architecture
- Cathedrals
- Architectural design
- Arches
- Gothic arches
- Pointed arches
- Arches
- Ecclesiastical & religious architecture
- Plastic arts
- Sculpture
- Reliefs
- Sculpture
- Architecture
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Construction
- Structural parts of buildings
- Doorways
- Arched doorways
- Doorways
- Structural parts of buildings
- Construction
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Places
