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Charles Clifford

British, 1820

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Nineteenth-Century Photographs from the Arnold H. Crane Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1979

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Charles Clifford was a British printmaker and photographer of the 19th century whose work documented architectural and landscape subjects with precision and technical refinement. Active during a pivotal period in the development of photography, he produced images that bridged traditional printmaking practices and emerging photographic processes. His work has been included in major institutional collections, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

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Artworks (11)

[The Lion Court at the Alhambra, Viewed from Beneath the Portico Temple]

1862 · Albumen silver print from glass negative

Image: 42 x 32.1 cm (16 9/16 x 12 5/8 in.) Mount: 63.3 x 46.3 cm (24 15/16 x 18 1/4 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Zaragoza: Porta de los Gigantes

1860 · Albumen silver print from glass negative

Image: 41 x 31.7 cm (16 1/8 x 12 1/2 in.) Mount: 51 x 47.5 cm (20 1/16 x 18 11/16 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Monserrat, Vista general de la montaña desde Monistrol

1860 · Albumen silver print from glass negative

Image: 31.7 × 41.5 cm (12 1/2 × 16 5/16 in.) Mount: 42.3 × 58.2 cm (16 5/8 × 22 15/16 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Courtyard, Alhambra

1857 · albumen print from wet collodion negative

Image: 29.5 x 40.7 cm (11 5/8 x 16 in.); Matted: 50.8 x 61 cm (20 x 24 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

[Cloisters of the Church of Saint John of the Kings, Toledo, Spain]

1856 · Albumen silver print from glass negative

41.6 x 31.7 cm. (16 3/8 x 12 1/2 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Puerta de Santa Cruz, Toledo

1855 · albumen print

image: 40.3 x 31.2 cm (15 7/8 x 12 5/16 in.) mount: 64 x 48.8 cm (25 3/16 x 19 3/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

[Madrid. Facade of the Hospital of "La Latina"]

1855 · Albumen silver print from glass negative

37.7 x 28.2 cm. (14 13/16 x 11 1/8 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

[Puente del Diablo, Martorell]

1854 · Albumen silver print from glass negative

Image: 28.4 x 41.5 cm. (11 3/16 x 16 5/16 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Portal of the Convent of Sancti Spiritu, Salamanca

1853 · Albumen silver print from paper negative

Image: 39.9 x 31.4 cm (15 11/16 x 12 3/8 in.) Mount: 61.8 x 47cm (24 5/16 x 18 1/2in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Puerta del Sol in Madrid met bovenin het linker gebouw een fotostudio

1850 · albumen print on photographic support

height: 237 cm, width: 422 cm

Rijksmuseum

Segovia, Façade of the Alcazar and Moorish Tower

1849 · albumen print

image: 28.8 × 39.9 cm (11 5/16 × 15 11/16 in.) mount: 44.7 × 60 cm (17 5/8 × 23 5/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

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11 published of 13 catalogued · 13 with image

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Cleveland Museum of Art
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Rijksmuseum
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Courtyard, Alhambra
1857 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Plaatsbewijs voor een stierengevecht en (vermoedelijk) Spaanse munten, RP F F01215 M

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Plaatsbewijs voor een stierengevecht en (vermoedelijk) Spaanse munten, RP F F01215 L

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Isabel II, al presentarse en el balcón de su palacio con la corona condal el 23 de septiembre de 1860

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Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

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Group Exhibition Nineteenth-Century Photographs from the Arnold H. Crane Collection

New York · 1979