The Peninsula War 1808/1809.
Country, Character and Costumes in Portugal and Spain.
Sketches of the Country, character, and Costume, in Portugal and Spain, made during the campaign, and on the route of the British Army, in 1808 and 1809.
Engraved and coloured from the drawings by the Rev. William Bradford.
London: printed for John Booth, by William Savage, 1809.
The illustrations are arranged in chronological order according to the original book.
CINTRA. Cintra (Sintra)
DITTO, FROM THE LISBON ROAD. Sintra continué.
FRANCISCANS. Moines de Saint François.
LISBON, AND AQUEDUCT OF ALCANTARA. Lisbonne, et l’Aqueduc d’Alcantra.
AQUEDUCT OF ALCANTARA. Aqueduc d’Alcantra.
PORTUGUESE GENTLEMAN. Homme de Condition de Portugal.
FEMALE OF LISBON IN HER WALKING DRESS.
Source: The War in the Peninsula. Sketches of the Country, character, and Costume, in Portugal and Spain, made during the campaign, and on the route of the British Army, in 1808 and 1809. Engraved and coloured from the drawings by the Rev. William Bradford. London: printed for John Booth, by William Savage, 1809.
Explanations of the picture plates.
- Landing of the English troops in the Bay of Maceira (Baie de Maceira) on 25 August 1808.
- Oxcart of the Portuguese Province of Extremadura. Charrette de l’Estramadure Portugaise.
- Torres Vedras from the West. Torres Vedras, vu du Nord-Ouest. The Lines of Torres Vedras were a triple fortification line of forts, trenches and natural ridges. They served the British-Portuguese defence against the Napoleonic invasions in 1810.
- The ordinary dress of a Peasant of Torres Vedras. Paysan de Torres Vedras.
Related
- Characteristic scene. Pillory of Lisbon. The Largo do Pelourinho.
- The Belém Tower or Torre de Belém. Tower of Saint Vincent at Lisbon.
- Lisbon, from the Chapel Hill of Nossa Senhora da Monte.
- Lisbon. Selected city view from Rua de San Miguel.
- The Mosteiro dos Jerónimos, also known as Jerome Monastery, Lisbon.
- The cloisters of Belem. The Mosteiro dos Jerónimos. Lisbon, Portugal.
