WOODCUT ENGRAVING. SPANISH CIVIL WAR. BOMBARDMENT OF ALICANTE. 1873

Description:
- Woodcut, wood engraving. Belonging to the newspaper ‘Illustrated News from London’. It was a supplement that was published with the newspaper.
- The lower part of the engraving shows an engraving of the coast of Alicante being bombarded by three frigates.
- At the top, an engraving of the British explorer couple Samuel White Baker and his wife Florence Baker. On the back there is only text.
- A large part of the sheet, written in English, talks about the bombardment of Alicante by the cantonal squadron of Cartagena in 1873. The frigates ‘Numancia, Méndez Núñez and the steamer, Fernando El Católico’, which appear in the engraving, took part in the bombardment.
- And a small part of the sheet talks about the pair of British explorers.
- This is a wood engraving, a woodcut. It is undoubtedly the oldest engraving technique, dating back to the 14th century in Europe. The artist uses a tool to remove pieces of wood and make a negative drawing.
- It is large, horizontal and unframed.
- It is very important that the engraving has a distinctive mark or contrast, in order to be able to identify data such as the engraver, the artist, the place where it was printed and other details.

Conservation and Damage:
- General condition Good.
- The engraving is on medium-thickness paper of good quality.
- It only has a small rust stain on the upper part, the rest are small, almost inappreciable stains.
- It shows the wear and tear of it's age.

Comments:
- Measurements are approximate.
- The tones of the colours in the photos are not the same as the tones of the real colours.
- The Engraving on sale is the one that corresponds to the photos. The description is not a detailed exposition of the same.
- The data provided here are personal opinions not contrasted.