Peninsula. Country, Character and Costumes in Portugal and Spain.

Monument, Peninsula, War, Portuga, Spain,
The Monument. The Peninsula War 1808/1809

Peninsula 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.

  • Creek of Maceira. Historical Portugese landscape. Peninsula war
  • Estremadura. Traditional Portuguese national costumes. Peninsula war.
  • Historical Portugese landscape. Torres Vedras, Chief of a corregidoria, Lisbon. Peninsula war.
  • PEASANT OF TORRES VEDRAS. Traditional Portuguese national costumes. Peninsula war.
  • Cintra National Monument. Historical Portugese landscape. Peninsula war.
  • Historical Portugal landscape. Landscape of Sintra - UNESCO World Heritage. Peninsula war.
  • Franciscans monks costume habit and clothing. Peninsula war.
  • Historical Portugese landscape. Environs of Lisbon. Aqueduct of Alcantara, Qui'llus. Peninsula war.
  • Architecture Aqueduto das Águas Livres Alcântara city of Lisbon. Historical Portugese landscape. Peninsula war.
  • Historical Lisbon clothing. Traditional Portuguese national costumes. Peninsula war.
  • Lisbon fashion. Traditional Portuguese national costumes. Peninsula war.
  • Historical Portugese landscape. Nisa and Villa Velha. Sierra Morena, and Sierra Constantina. River Tajo, Tagus. Peninsula war.
  • Traditional Portuguese national costumes. Peninsula war.
  • Traditional Portuguese national costumes. Peninsula war.
  • Old Landscape view Portugal Tajo, Tejo, Tagus River at Villa Velha. Lisbon.Steel engraving. The Peninsula War.
  • Traditional Portuguese national costumes. Peninsula war.
  • Traditional Portuguese Bishop costume. Ecclesiastical clothing. Purple mantle of silk, lined with crimson. Peninsula war.
  • Traditional Portuguese national costumes.
  • Traditional Spanish national costumes.
  • Traditional Spanish national costumes.
  • Traditional Spanish national costumes. Andalusian Fandango and Boleras costumes. Seguidillas Madrilenian and Leonese.
  • Old Spanish Landscape view of Salamanca Castile and León. Topography. Dominican church, Bishop's palace, cathedral, Jesuits' college, Alphonso the Wise
  • Traditional Spanish national costumes.
  • Traditional Spanish national costumes.
  • Architecture Salamance Spain. Catedral Vieja de Santa María Romanesque, Gothic style. Steel engraving. The Peninsula War.
  • Traditional Spanish national costumes.
  • Traditional Spanish national costumes.
  • Spanish architecture Convento de San Esteban, Salamanca. Roman Catholic worship. Steel engraving. The Peninsula War.
  • Salamanca Castile and León. Traditional Spanish costumes. Salamanca women`s dress and clothing. The Peninsula War.
  • Old Landscape view of Alaejos, province of Valladolid, Castile and León. Topography. Steel engraving. The Peninsula War.
  • Traditional Spanish national costumes.
  • Traditional Spanish national costumes.
  • Historic spanish landscape. Wine-growing region within the Spanish town of Toro in Castilla y León. Steel engraving. The Peninsula War.
  • Traditional Spain shepards costume. Traditional Spanish national costumes.
  • Historic spanish landscape. Benevente north of the province of Zamora. Steel engraving. The Peninsula War.
  • Historic spanish landscape. Manzanal de Arriba, Corufia. Gallician road. Castilla y León, España. Steel engraving. The Peninsula War.
  • Historic spanish landscape. Villafranca del Bierzo Castile and León. Villa Francornm. Comarca El Bierzo. Duke of Alva. Dominican convent
  • Historic spanish landscape. Villafranca del Bierzo Castile and León Comarca El Bierzo
  • Historic spanish landscape. Villafranca del Bierzo Castile and León Comarca El Bierzo

Original description of the Plates

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.

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