Charles Clifford was the official court photographer to Queen Isabella, and created some of the best- known photographs of 19th century Spanish architecture and landscapes. Clifford lived in Spain from 1852 on, sometimes working with his wife Jane who was also a photographer, and spent much of his time traveling to photograph ancient architectural sites and art treasures, amassing a photographic record of the nation and its people. His total known production consists of several hundred negatives, and his oeuvre is notable for its consistent artistic vision and masterful technique with the daguerreotype and calotype processes, and later in making albumen prints from wet-collodion glass-plate negatives. Charles Clifford belonged to both the Sociéte Française de Photographie and the Architectural Photographic Association.