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Title:
Fuenterrabia - A view of the Amute convent
Document number:
1501
Author:
Gomar, N.
Engraver:
Rico
Printer:
Imprenta de T. Fortanet, Madrid
Book/ Album / Dossier:
Ilustración española y americana, la : museo universal : periódico de ciencias, artes, literatura, industria y conocimientos útiles
Format date:
1879
Topic date:
1879
Physical description:
1 33 x 23 cm engraving on a 40 x 28 cm page
Notes:
30th of July 1879 edition. Autographed. It illustrates the "Travel impressions" section. Drawn from life by N. Gomar. "It was used as a hostel for Capuchin fathers until the religious communities dies out. Its construction marks a famous event [...], as it was carried out to comply with the vow that the town had made [during the siege by French troops in 1638]"
Subjects:
Art and Architecture-Religious buildings-Convents
Natural landscape-Trees
Urban landscape-Villages
Place names:
Hondarribia - Gipuzkoa
Signature:
KM :(05)ILU ESP-AñOXXIII-NºXXVIII-PAG.60
Location:
Koldo Mitxelena Kulturunea
2013 Department of Culture, Youth and Sport - Diputación Foral de Gipuzkoa