Lorca Flood 1884, Santa Quiteria Quarter - Colored Wood Engraving

Hand-colored wood engraving showing the general aspect of the Santa Quiteria quarter of Lorca (Murcia) during the flood, with the houses under water and debris carried off by the current. Published in La Ilustración Española y Americana on 30 May 1884, after a sketch from nature by D. Joaquín Barberán y Rodrigo.

The flood of 22 May 1884 left the whole lower vega of Lorca under water; the magazine devoted several prints to the event, of which this is the general view of the worst-hit quarter.

Medium: Wood engraving, hand-colored.
Artist / after: Joaquín Barberán y Rodrigo.
Date: 30 May 1884.
Source: La Ilustración Española y Americana, year XXVIII, no. XX, p. 332.
Dimensions: Image 9.7 x 3.9 in (24.6 x 10 cm).
Condition: Good. Clean paper and fresh color; mounted in a mat with fillets.