Charles Clifford (1819-1863) is one of the undisputed masters of nineteenth-century photography. He arrived in Spain from Great Britain and soon found an audience in Madrid willing to accept his technical and stylistic innovations. Queen Elizabeth II herself was his main client, and commissioned various commemorative albums of his official trips through Spain, which offered Clifford the opportunity to photograph the monuments of the cities they visited, as well as the most ambitious public works of the city. period, like the Isabel II canal. But he also photographed the picturesque characters he encountered along the way, as well as certain landscapes that impressed him with their harshness and grandeur.
Charles Clifford (1819-1863) is one of the undisputed masters of nineteenth-century photography. He arrived in Spain from Great Britain and soon found an audience in Madrid willing to accept his technical and stylistic innovations. Queen Elizabeth II herself was his main client, and commissioned various commemorative albums of his official trips through Spain, which offered Clifford the opportunity to photograph the monuments of the cities they visited, as well as the most ambitious public works of the city. period, like the Isabel II canal. But he also photographed the picturesque characters he encountered along the way, as well as certain landscapes that impressed him with their harshness and grandeur.