Francisco Paula DE MELLADO
Recuerdos de un viage por España. - Seise de la catedral de Sevilla
Establecimiento tipografico de Mellado|Madrid 1851|15.50 x 23 cm|une feuille
Original woodcut heightened with watercolor and gum arabic highlights of the period, signed lower left by Clerman. Plate engraved by Duverger. Print created for "Recuerdos de un viage por España" by Francisco de Paula Mellado, an account of his journey through the multiple provinces of Spain and overseas territories in which the author studies the customs, legends, literature, history and geography of each place.
This type of illustration is emblematic of Spanish Romantic aesthetics and its fashion for "tableaux de coutumes" ("Cuadro de costumbres"), veritable galleries of generic characters in the manner of "Les Français peints par eux-mêmes" of the same period.
Superb watercolor...
This type of illustration is emblematic of Spanish Romantic aesthetics and its fashion for "tableaux de coutumes" ("Cuadro de costumbres"), veritable galleries of generic characters in the manner of "Les Français peints par eux-mêmes" of the same period.
Superb watercolor...
€60
