| Charles Clifford Phorographic Souvenir of Spain vol.I: Door of San Santiago, Salamanca [Photographic Souvenir of Spain vol. I] 1853-1854 Albumen print 41.0 x 31.0 cm (image) The Royal Collection RCIN 2700075 LL/93150 Photograph of the facade of the 12th-century Church of the Sancti Spiritus in Salamanca, Spain. An arched doorway is partially obscured by a sloping wall that runs horizontally through the picture. Above the door are a two faces carved in relief and a tablet bearing an inscription. A pediment flanked by armorial shields and bearing two male heads in relief occupies the upper part of the facade.
Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
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