Cartagena, Relief for the Repatriated - Antique Wood Engraving - 1898

Hand-colored wood engraving published in La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana in 1898, lettered below: "Cartagena. - Exterior de la Casa-Ayuntamiento, durante la distribucion de socorros a los repatriados" (the Town Hall during the distribution of relief to the repatriated), after a photograph sent in by D. L. Montells. It records the mass arrival of sick and wounded soldiers returning from Cuba and the Philippines. Mounted in a ruled mat.

Medium: Hand-colored wood engraving.
Date: 1898.
Source: La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana.
Dimensions: 10.3 x 7.8 in (26.2 x 19.7 cm).
Condition: Good; mounted in a mat, with light toning of the paper.