Landscape, Nature and Architecture
Technological improvements enabled Prince Albert to collect photographs of places that were significant to him
CHARLES CLIFFORD (1819-62)
Puerta del Sol, Toledo
c.1858Albumen print | 31.5 x 42.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2700120
Photograph of a single arch of the Alcántara Bridge. Through the arch is a view of Artificio de Juanelo, or Juanelo's waterworks.
The waterworks were constructed in the 16th century and supplied the city of Toledo with water.
Creator(s)
Charles Clifford (1819-62) (photographer)
31.5 x 42.5 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
- Toledo [Spain]
- Spain
- Europe
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Architecture
- Secular architecture
- Bridges
- Architectural design
- Arches
- Secular architecture
- Architecture
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Places