Abelardo de Carlos – Set of 6: Spanish Illustrated Periodical Views of Infrastructure Disasters

"Illustrated Spanish Periodical Views of Infrastructure Disasters, Architectural Arcades, and Industrial Progress" presents a dramatic visual record of nineteenth-century events and structures, capturing train derailments and rescue efforts, grand classical colonnades, banqueting halls, and steam locomotives alongside mountainous landscapes and portrait medallions. The multi-vignette wood engravings demonstrate the dynamic visual journalism of late nineteenth-century Spanish periodicals through detailed crosshatching, strong perspectival depth, and evocative tonal contrasts. Abelardo de Carlos was a prominent Spanish editor, journalist, and publisher widely celebrated for founding and directing leading illustrated cultural and news periodicals in nineteenth-century Spain. Artist or Maker: Abelardo de Carlos. Dimensions: Approximately 40 cm x 28 cm. Medium: Wood engravings. Date: 19th Century.

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