Yale Center for British Art

Title:
Dia dos de Mayo de 1808, en Madrid : asesinan los franceses a los patriotas en el Prado.
Published / Created:
London : Behrmann & Collmann, [1813?]
Physical Description:
1 print : aquatint ; 24 x 49 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio B 2010 3c
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Prints
Notes:
The aquatint engraving depicts a battle scene in the Prado at Madrid, representing the massacre by the French on May 2, 1808.

An unmounted fan leaf, printed in a semi-circular form.

Presumably created for the Spanish market, circa 1813.

British Museum. Department of Prints and Drawings. Catalogue of the collection of fans and fan-leaves (1893), 41

BAC: British Art Center copy is the third of five engraved fan leaves depicting the Peninsular War, housed together.
Subject Terms:
Peninsular War, 1807–1814 -- Pictorial works. | Madrid (Spain) -- History -- Pictorial works.
Form/Genre:
Aquatints -- 1813. | Fans (Accessories)
Contributors:
Behrmann & Collmann, publisher.