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Technological improvements enabled Prince Albert to collect photographs of places that were significant to him

CHARLES CLIFFORD (1819-62)

View of Barcelona

1860

Albumen print | 26.0 x 42.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2700163

Photograph of a view of Barcelona from the north, with multi-storeyed buildings lining the outer edges of the city. In the immediate foreground are fields of crops and smaller domestic buildings. In the far background are mountains.    

  • Creator(s)

    Charles Clifford (1819-62) (photographer)

  • 26.0 x 42.5 cm (image)

    41.0 x 54.0 cm (page dimensions)

  • Photographic Souvenir of Spain Vol II, 1861 Charles Clifford

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria

  • Subject(s)
    • Places
      • Europe
        • Spain
          • Catalonia [Spain]
            • Barcelona [Spain]
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