Court of the Lions: fountain with water, north gallery and west pavilion (Alhambra)
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1859 - 1862 (photographed)
1859 - 1862 (photographed)
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Photograph of the Court of the Lions in the Alhambra Palace.
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Title | Court of the Lions: fountain with water, north gallery and west pavilion (Alhambra) (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | Albumen print from wet collodion on glass negative |
Brief description | Photograph by Charles Clifford, 'Court of the Lions with the fountain, north gallery and west pavilion, Alhambra', Grandada, Spain, albumen print, 1859-62 |
Physical description | Photograph of the Court of the Lions in the Alhambra Palace. |
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Gallery label | COURT OF THE LIONS, ALHAMBRA
1850-1860
By the 1850s the Alhambra in southern Spain had become a very popular tourist site, well known in Britain. Charles Clifford established a studio in Madrid in 1850 and became the most important foreign photographer in Spain. Many of his photographs show architecture in sunlight, with dramatic contrasts of light and shade.
Albumen print from wet collodion on glass negative
Photographed in Spain by Charles Clifford (born, probably in London, 1821, died in Madrid, 1863)
Spain
Museum no. 35:506(2013) |
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Accession number | 35506 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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