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Cathedral, Santiago, Spain, Portico de la Gloria, Sculpture on pier

Charles Thurston Thompson

1867

photographic

From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum

Impressionism Realism Late 19th Century

Dominant colour

Cathedral, Santiago, Spain, Portico de la Gloria, Sculpture on pier is a 1867 photographic by Charles Thurston Thompson, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.

Who painted this?: Charles Thurston Thompson
When & what style?: 1867 · Impressionism
Where can I see it?: Victoria and Albert Museum

The story of this work

Overview

A sepia-toned photograph mounted on card depicts a detail of a male figure carved into a pier at the Portico de la Gloria in Santiago Cathedral, Spain, documented by Charles Thurston Thompson in 1867. The image was produced during Thompson’s photographic campaign in Spain and Portugal and later distributed through the National Art Library and the Arundel Society. It served as reference material for artists and scholars, with copies available for purchase and included in bound volumes circulated to art schools. The photograph bears institutional stamps indicating its use within the Victoria…

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