Granada. Vista general de la Alhambra desde la torre del Homenaje / J. Laurent. Madrid. – Antique Print
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(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Granada. Vista general de la Alhambra desde la torre del Homenaje / J. Laurent. Madrid., a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Granada. Vista general de la Alhambra desde la torre del Homenaje / J. Laurent. Madrid.
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Taken from the Torre del Homenaje, the keep of the Alcazaba at the western edge of the Alhambra, this view looks across the palace complex toward the city of Granada spread out below. Jean Laurent, a French-born photographer working in Madrid, issued it as one plate in an album of Spanish scenes, and it survives as an albumen print, the paper process then standard for commercial views. In the decades after 1860, the Alhambra drew growing numbers of travelers and scholars, and photographs like this one carried its image to viewers who would never climb the hill themselves.
| Created / published | [between 1860 and 1880] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print : albumen. |
| Genre | Aerial views 1860-1880.Albumen prints 1860-1880. |
| Notes | In album: Spain, opposite p. 28. No. 1105. |
| Subjects | Alhambra (Granada, Spain) Castles & palaces--Spain--Granada--1860-1880. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,276 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-185299 |
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