PORTICO DE LA GLORIA, SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, SPAIN

Charles Thurston Thompson
1864

This late twelfth-century figure of Saint James still welcomes pilgrims as they enter the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela. A cast of the sculpture around the magnificent entrance, known as the Pórtico de la Gloria, was acquired by the V&A in 1866. Charles Thurston Thompson photographs were once displayed alongside the cast in the Museum.

Albumen print from wet collodion on glass negative

MUSEUM NO. 62-469