The Peninsular war: El 10 de Marzo de 1808, an original, 19th century unframed and unmounted printed fan leaf depicting the capture and imprisonment by rebels of the Prince of Peace, Manuel Godoy, a favourite of King Carlos IV, a vivid scene of the struggle in Aranjuez, Spain, one of the events leading to the Spanish war of independence, printed by Mefs. Behrmann & Collmann, London, Nov 1813, width 20.5 inches or 52 cm including the plain border, recorded in the Schreiber catalogue of Fans and fan leaves.

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