Yuste: Remains of the Palace of Charles V
Photograph
ca. 1850s (photographed)
ca. 1850s (photographed)
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Welsh photographer Charles Clifford is considered among the finest photographers in nineteenth-century Spain, where he spent most of his career. Settling in Madrid in the early 1850s, Clifford became court photographer to Isabella II and accompanied the Queen on a number of royal tours within the country.
Clifford specialised in the photography of architectural subjects and industrial projects and his work is particularly notable for his technical mastery of the large format view. His unusual treatment of architectural spaces has made him one of the most famous 19th century photographers in Spain. He belonged to both the Sociéte Française de Photographie and the Architectural Photographic Association. His wife Jane, worked with him, and took over the family business after his death in 1863. Clifford worked with daguerreotypes, paper negatives until aobut 1854 and from then on, with wet collodion.
Clifford specialised in the photography of architectural subjects and industrial projects and his work is particularly notable for his technical mastery of the large format view. His unusual treatment of architectural spaces has made him one of the most famous 19th century photographers in Spain. He belonged to both the Sociéte Française de Photographie and the Architectural Photographic Association. His wife Jane, worked with him, and took over the family business after his death in 1863. Clifford worked with daguerreotypes, paper negatives until aobut 1854 and from then on, with wet collodion.
Object details
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| Title | Yuste: Remains of the Palace of Charles V (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | albumen print from wet collodion negative |
| Brief description | Photograph by Charles Clifford, 'Yuste: Remains of the Palace of Charles V', albumen print, ca. 1850s |
| Physical description | A mounted sepia-coloured photograph showing the remains of a palace covered partly by trees. A group of four figures is visible at the base of the building. A man is visible leaning over the railing of a covered terrace. |
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| Credit line | Transferred from the British Museum |
| Object history | This photograph was acquired by the British Museum in 1857 than transferred in 2000 as plan to rationalise the collection and house objects at the V&A where greater expertise and national collections of particular media reside. |
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| Summary | Welsh photographer Charles Clifford is considered among the finest photographers in nineteenth-century Spain, where he spent most of his career. Settling in Madrid in the early 1850s, Clifford became court photographer to Isabella II and accompanied the Queen on a number of royal tours within the country. Clifford specialised in the photography of architectural subjects and industrial projects and his work is particularly notable for his technical mastery of the large format view. His unusual treatment of architectural spaces has made him one of the most famous 19th century photographers in Spain. He belonged to both the Sociéte Française de Photographie and the Architectural Photographic Association. His wife Jane, worked with him, and took over the family business after his death in 1863. Clifford worked with daguerreotypes, paper negatives until aobut 1854 and from then on, with wet collodion. |
| Associated object | 47780 (Version) |
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| Accession number | E.1260-2000 |
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| Record created | October 4, 2006 |
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