Author: FAN LEAF
Title: [Dos de Mayo Uprising, 1808] Dia Dos de Mayo de 1808. En Madrid. Mueren Daviz Verlarde defendiendo el Parque de Artilleria.
Description: Behrmann and Collmann, 1813. Hand coloured fan-shaped aquatint, 275 x 525 mm. Verso carries the printed title. Fine. This design celebrates the uprising on the 2nd May, 1808 of the Spanish in Madrid against the occupation of the French> hundreds of poorly armed Spaniards were crushed and killed by the Imperial troops. Several Spanish officers who joined the revolt were declared heroes and the date is celebrated as a public holiday in the Community of Madrid.

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