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Cathedral, Santiago, Spain, Portico de la Gloria, Sculpture on North wall

Cathedral, Santiago, Spain, Portico de la Gloria, Sculpture on North wall is a photographic photography by the Impressionist artist Charles Thurston Thompson. It dates from 1867 and is held in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. This photograph captures the sculpture on the North wall of the Portico de la Gloria at Santiago Cathedral, Spain.

About this work

He traveled to Spain and Portugal to photograph art and buildings.

This photo shows the North Wall of Santiago’s cathedral. Charles Thurston Thompson took it in 1867. Thompson worked for the Victoria and Albert Museum. He traveled to Spain and Portugal to photograph art and buildings.

The photo was used by artists and scholars. It helped people study the cathedral. You could even buy prints at the museum before he died.

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Overview

This photograph captures the sculpture on the North wall of the Portico de la Gloria at Santiago Cathedral, Spain. Taken by Charles Thurston Thompson in 1867, it is part of a collection of images documenting significant art and architecture.

History & Provenance

Thurston Thompson, the Victoria and Albert Museum's first Official Museum Photographer, traveled to Spain and Portugal on a photographic campaign. The V&A holds both bound volumes and loose plates of his photographs, including some not published in the volumes.

Context

The photographs were used as reference material for artists and scholars, and were available for purchase. After Thurston Thompson's death, a selection was published in a bound volume by the Arundel Society, circulated to national schools of art and design.