European Hand Firearms of the Sixteenth Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries, by Herbert J. Jackson.
Specimens of wheel-locks, gun-locks of 16th, 17th, and 18th century.
Category: Spain
Auguste Racinet. The Costume History Hardcover – Illustrated, November 4, 2015
by Françoise Tétart-Vittu (Author)
Racinet's Costume History is an invaluable reference for students, designers, artists, illustrators, and historians; and a rich source of inspiration for anyone with an interest in clothing and style.
Torero before the race. Andalusia. Folklore Costume.
Torero avant la course. Andalusia. Folklore Costume. 1842. Musée cosmopolite. (Musée de costumes)
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by Virginia Postrel (Author)
From Neanderthal string to 3D knitting, an “expansive” global history that highlights “how textiles truly changed the world” (Wall Street Journal)
Hunting Knife and sheath by Eusebio Zuloaga. Spanish metalworker.
Eusebio Zuloaga, gunmaker to the Spanish monarchs, keeper of the Royal Armory in Madrid, and the most famous Spanish metalworker of the mid-nineteenth century.
Maltese and Spanish lace. Silk and gold thread embroidery on black lace.
Illustrations of Maltese and Spanish lace. Flounce of embroidered lace. Example of silk and gold thread embroidery on black lace.
Gibraltar. View on Catalan Bay. Located on the east side of the Rock.
Catalan Bay originated as a fishing village. Located on the east side of the Rock of Gibraltar.
Gibraltar. View from Europa Point with its back to the strait .
Gibraltar. View from Europa Point with its back to the strait at the end of a storm.
View from the craggy cliffs of Gibraltar above Camp Bay.
The view here given is taken from a mortar battery on the craggy cliffs overhanging the south side of Camp Bay
Gibraltar. From the anchorage in front of the old mole.
The town of Gibraltar, the old Moorish castle, and the modern defenses, with the Mole, or Devil’s Tongue Battery.
Gibraltar from the Bay Side, as seen when approached by land.
We have in the annexed view, the appearance of Gibraltar, as seen when approached by land. The rock rises majestically above the water of the Bay
The Rock of Gibraltar seen from the mediterranean shore of the isthmus.
The most characteristic feature of the rock, or rather mountain of Gibraltar, may be seen to the greatest advantage from the eastern shore of the isthmus, which connects it with the mainland of Spain.
