Orihuela, Flood Damage - Coloured Wood Engraving, Ilustración Española 1879

Coloured wood engraving published in 1879 in La Ilustración Española y Americana, showing the damage caused by the flood at the entrance to the town of Orihuela: ruined houses, rubble and trees beside still-standing water, under a stormy sky.

The print records the great flood of the Segura river in October 1879, known as the Santa Teresa flood, which devastated the Vega Baja and the farmland of Murcia. It bears the caption "Orihuela.—Daños producidos por la inundación en la entrada de la ciudad.—(Cróquis del Sr. Arroyo)" below and is presented in a mount decorated with ruled lines.

Medium: Wood engraving (end-grain), coloured.
Artist / after: After a sketch by Sr. Arroyo.
Date: 1879.
Source: La Ilustración Española y Americana.
Dimensions: 10.6 x 7.8 in (27 x 19.7 cm).
Condition: Good condition, with bright colours; in a mount with a card backing.