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Court of Myrtles - Alhambra

Photograph
1855 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A mounted sepia-coloured photograph in an album


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleCourt of Myrtles - Alhambra (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Albumen print
Brief description
Photograph, 'Court of Myrtles - Alhambra', Granada, Spain, by John Gregory Crace, part of an album of mounted photographs, albumen print, 1855
Physical description
A mounted sepia-coloured photograph in an album
Content description
The photograph illustrates the north gallery of the Court of the Myrtles, situated in the Palace of Comares, Alhambra. It shows the gallery with constructed scaffold, which is very important for dating the works on the Alhambra. Also the pond of the Court of the Myrtles is depicted on the photograph.
Subjects depicted
Places depicted
Collection
Accession number
3815:107-1953

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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