• Louis De Clercq (photographer)

Album of views of cities showing royal palaces and religious and public architecture, Spain

published 1859-1860

Album PH1980:0048.06:001-051 comprises 22 views of Seville, 16 views of Granada, four views of Madrid and three views of El Escorial, three views of Cadiz, two views of Aranjuez, and one view of Málaga.

The 22 views of Seville include: 12 views of palaces, nine of the Royal Alcazar, two of the Palace of San Talmo, and one of the Archbishop's palace; three views of Seville Cathedral; three views of Pontius Pilate's House; and one view each of the Triana Bridge, the Real Maestranza bullfighting arena, the Law Courts on Constitution Square, and the Golden Tower.

The 16 views of Granada include: 11 views of the Alhambra; four views of the city; and one view of Granada Cathedral.

The four views of Madrid and three views of El Escorial include: three views of the Monastery of San Lorenzo del Escorial; and one view each of the Royal Palace, the Alcala Gate, the Prado Museum, and a bullfighting arena.

The three views of Cadiz include: one view of Saint Anthony's Church; one view of the Calle Ancah [Main Street]; and one view of the city.

The two views of Aranjuez include: one view of the Royal Palace and one view of the Casa del Labrador.

There is one panorama of Málaga.

Albumen silver prints from paper negatives

album (closed): 46,2 x 61,5 x 3,6 cm comps. (range): 18,7 to 28,6 x 20,6 to 109,7 cm pages (range): 45,4 to 60 x 45,5 to 118,1 cm

PH1980:0048.06:001-051

• general view
• distant view
• exterior views
• interior views

Contemporary binding consists of a red leather spine, full red leather boards covered with cloth, gilt trim and lettering, and moiré endpapers. Album has full title page.

stamped and numbered - in gold, on the cover, centre: with title inscribed and signed - by the photographer, in black ink, on the front end paper, upper right: "A Maman Sophie. / Respecteux hommage de l'auteur. / Louis de Clercq" imprinted and dated - in black ink, on title page, upper centre to lower centre: "VOYAGE EN ESPAGNE / Villes Monuments & Vues Pittoresques / Recueil photographique exécuté par / LOUIS DE CLERCQ / 1859 1860 / SIXIÈME ALBUM / J.Blondeau [sic] et Antonin Script. - Imp. H.Jannin,Paris. [sic]"

Cadiz; Spain;

• architecture
• engineering
• military

• courthouse
• gardens
• courtyards
• entrances
• tower (single built work)
• monasteries
• fountains
• houses
• museum
• gates
• palace
• squares (open spaces)
• city gate
• portal
• assembly halls
• churches
• cathedrals
• arches
• bell tower
• main street
• fortress
• royal palaces
• pool
• colonnades
• cityscapes
• townscape (built environment)
• sacristy
• arch bridge
• arenas
• sailing ships
• harem
• alcazars
• presence chambers

Contains:

• PH1980:0048.06:001, View of Saint Anthony's Church from across Constitution Square, Cadiz, Spain, 1859-1860
• PH1980:0048.06:002, View of Calle Ancha [Main Street], Cadiz, Spain, 1859-1860
• PH1980:0048.06:003, General view of Cadiz from the sea, Spain, 1859-1860
• PH1980:0048.06:004, View of the gate of the Archbishop's Palace, Seville, Spain, 1859-1860
• PH1980:0048.06:005, Exterior view of the main sacristy of Seville Cathedral, Seville, Spain, 1859-1860
• PH1980:0048.06:006, View of the lateral façade of Seville Cathedral, Seville, Spain, 1859-1860
• PH1980:0048.06:007, View of "La Giralda", the bell tower of Seville Cathedral, Seville, Spain, 1859-1860
• PH1980:0048.06:008, View of the entrance gate of Pontius Pilate's House, Seville, Spain, 1859-1860
• PH1980:0048.06:009, View of the main courtyard of Pontius Pilate's House, Seville, Spain, 1859-1860
• PH1980:0048.06:010, View of the main courtyard of Pontius Pilate's House, Seville, Spain, 1859-1860
• PH1980:0048.06:011, View of Triana Bridge over the Guadalquivir River, Seville, Spain, 1859-1860
• PH1980:0048.06:012, View of the main entrance [?] of the Real Maestranza bullfighting arena, Seville, Spain, 1859-1860
• PH1980:0048.06:013, View of the Golden Tower with ships in the foreground, Seville, Spain, 1859-1860
• PH1980:0048.06:014, View of the main entrance of the Palace of San Talmo, Seville, Spain, 1859-1860
• PH1980:0048.06:015, View of the Palace of San Talmo from across the street, Seville, Spain, 1859-1860
• PH1980:0048.06:016, View of the Law Courts from across Constitution Square, Seville, Spain, 1859-1860
• PH1980:0048.06:017, View of the main entrance gate of the Royal Alcazar, Seville, Spain, 1859-1860
• PH1980:0048.06:018, View of the main entrance gate of the Royal Alcazar, Seville, Spain, 1859-1860
• PH1980:0048.06:019, View of the courtyard of the Royal Alcazar, Seville, Spain, 1859-1860
• PH1980:0048.06:020, View of the courtyard of the Royal Alcazar, Seville, Spain, 1859-1860
• PH1980:0048.06:021, View of the courtyard of the Royal Alcazar, Seville, Spain, 1859-1860
• PH1980:0048.06:022, View of the entrance to the Ambassadors' Hall, Royal Alcazar, Seville, Spain, 1859-1860
• PH1980:0048.06:023, Interior view of arches in the Ambassadors' Hall, Royal Alcazar, Seville, Spain, 1859-1860
• PH1980:0048.06:024, View of arches in the small courtyard of the harem, Royal Alcazar, Seville, Spain, 1859-1860
• PH1980:0048.06:025, Panorama of the gardens of the Royal Alcazar, Seville, Spain, 1859-1860
• PH1980:0048.06:026, Panorama of Málaga, Spain, 1859-1860
• PH1980:0048.06:027, Panorama of Granada, Spain, 1859-1860
• PH1980:0048.06:028, View of Granada from an elevated viewpoint, Spain, 1859-1860
• PH1980:0048.06:029, View of Granada from an elevated viewpoint showing the Cathedral, Spain, 1859-1860
• PH1980:0048.06:030, View of Granada from an elevated viewpoint, Spain, 1859-1860
• PH1980:0048.06:031, View of the Cathedral portal, Granada, Spain, 1859-1860
• PH1980:0048.06:032, View of the Justice Gate [Puerta de la Justicia], Alhambra, Granada, Spain, 1859-1860
• PH1980:0048.06:033, View of an entrance to the fortress, Alhambra, Granada, Spain, 1859-1860
• PH1980:0048.06:034, View of the Wine Gate, Alhambra, Granada, Spain, 1859-1860
• PH1980:0048.06:035, View of the principal façade [?] of the Palace of Charles V within the walls of the Alhambra, Granada, Spain, 1859-1860
• PH1980:0048.06:036, View of Ambassadors' Hall [Salón de Embajadores] from across the courtyard, Alhambra, Granada, Spain, 1859-1860
• PH1980:0048.06:037, View of the Fountain of the Lions, Alhambra, Granada, Spain, 1859-1860
• PH1980:0048.06:038, View of the Fountain of the Lions through the colonnade, Alhambra, Granada, Spain, 1859-1860
• PH1980:0048.06:039, View of the Fountain of the Lions, Alhambra, Granada, Spain, 1859-1860
• PH1980:0048.06:040, View of the colonnade in the Court of Lions [Patio de los Leones], Alhambra, Granada, Spain, 1859-1860
• PH1980:0048.06:041, View of the colonnade at the rear of the Court of Lions [Patio de los Leones], Alhambra, Granada, Spain, 1859-1860
• PH1980:0048.06:042, Interior view of the Hall of the Two Sisters [Sala de las Dos Hermanas], Alhambra, Granada, Spain, 1859-1860
• PH1980:0048.06:043, View of the principal façade of the Prado Museum, Madrid, Spain, 1859-1860
• PH1980:0048.06:044, Distant view of the Royal Palace [Palacio Real], Madrid, Spain, 1859-1860
• PH1980:0048.06:045, View of the Alcala Gate [Puerta de Alcalá], Madrid, Spain, 1859-1860
• PH1980:0048.06:046, Interior view of a bullfighting arena, Madrid, Spain, 1859-1860
• PH1980:0048.06:047, Distant view of the Royal Palace [Palacio Real], Aranjuez, Spain, 1859-1860
• PH1980:0048.06:048, View of Casa del Labrador from across the garden, Aranjuez, Spain, 1859-1860
• PH1980:0048.06:049, View of the principal façade of the Monastery of San Lorenzo del Escorial, El Escorial, Spain, 1859-1860
• PH1980:0048.06:050, View of the lateral façade of the Monastery of San Lorenzo del Escorial, El Escorial, Spain, 1859-1860
• PH1980:0048.06:051, View of the principal façade of the church of the Monastery of San Lorenzo del Escorial, El Escorial, Spain, 1859-1860