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SPAIN: FAMILY, 1840. The Flaquer Family. Oil on canvas, 1840, by Joaquin Espalter

BARCELONA: RIOT, 1853. Riot on the Rambla, Barcelona, Spain

AUGUSTINA OF ARAGON (1786-1857). Spanish heroine. Augustina mans a cannon during the defense of Zaragoza against French forces. Oil on canvas, Spanish, c1820

CARLOS IV OF SPAIN (1748-1819). King of Spain, 1788-1808. Oil on canvas, 1798, by Francisco Goya

MANUEL de GODOY (1767-1851). Spanish statesman. Oil on canvas, c1800, by Francisco Goya

MARIA LUISA OF PARMA (1751-1819). Queen Consort of Spain, 1788-1808. Oil on canvas, 1799, by Francisco Goya

GOYA: COUNT, 1803. The Count of Fernan-Nunez. Oil on canvas, 1803, by Francisco Goya

GOYA: COUNTESS, 1803. The Countess of Fernan-Nunez. Oil on canvas, 1803, by Francisco Goya

GOYA: CONDESA, 1808. The Countess of Chinchon. Detail of an oil on canvas, 1808, by Francisco Goya

GOYA: FLAGELLANTS, 1793. Procession of the Flagellants. Oil on canvas, 1793, by Francisco Goya

BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR, 1805. Oil on canvas, Spanish, 1805

SPAIN: DUCK HUNT, 1772. Oil on canvas, 1772, by Luis Paret

SPAIN: BOAR HUNT, c1790. Hunters kill a trapped boar in front of ladies in a carriage during a staged hunt in Spain. Oil on canvas, late 18th century, by Charles-Francois de la Traverse

NAVAL ACTION, 1744. Spanish warship sinks a British warship in an engagement off the coast of Provence, France, during the War of Austrian Succession, 1744. Oil on canvas, Spanish, 1783

MADRID: PLAZA MAYOR, c1780. Oil on canvas, Spanish, c1780

MADRID: MARKET, c1800. Market stalls in the Plaza de la Cebada, Madrid, Spain. Oil on canvas, c1800, by Manuel de la Cruz

SPAIN: SHOP, c1772. Interior of a ladys shop in Spain. Oil on canvas, c1772, by Luis Paret

SPAIN: MASQUERADE BALL. Masquerade ball at the Teatro Principe, Madrid. Oil on canvas, c1770, by Luis Paret

MEXICO: UXMAL RUINS, c1844. North facade of the house of the House of the Governor, at the Mayan ruins at Uxmal, in Yucatan, Mexico. Lithograph, c1844

SPAIN: CORONATION, 1746. Allegorical depiction of the coronation of Ferdinand VI of Spain, with float representing Water, one of the four natural forces. Oil on canvas, Spanish, 18th century

DIVING DEVICE, 1791. Model of a hydraulic machine used for recovering items from shipwrecks. Drawing, late 18th century

PHILIP V (1683-1746). Duke of Anjou and King of Spain, 1700-1746. Philip (left) and his wife Maria Luisa of Savoy slaying the dragon of the Hapsburg past as the first Bourbon monarch of Spain

MEXICO: SPANISH CONQUEST. Treaty between a Mexican Indian chief and a Spanish conquistador. Watercolor, 18th century

FRANCE: SIEGE, 1653. Spanish soldiers at the siege of Aire-sur-la-Lys, France, one of ten sieges of the city from 1127-1710. Oil on canvas, 1653, by Peeter Snayers

MEXICO: TLAXCALTEC INDIANS. Mexican painting of Tlaxcaltec tribesmen, 16th century

ESCORIAL: ROYAL BEDROOM. Bedroom of Philip II (1527-1598) at the Escorial Palace, Spain

SPAIN: ESCORIAL PALACE. Interior of the Escorial Palace, showing the royal bedroom of Philip II (1527-1598)

COELLO: SACRISTY, c1690. Retable of the Sacristy of the Escorial Palace, Spain. Oil on canvas, c1690, by Claudio Coello

INDIA: SPANISH ENVOY, 1776. Spanish naval commander and officers meeting with the Grand Admiral (seated on carpet, top center) of the fleet of Hyder Ali, ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore, at Mangalore

NEW WORLD: INDIAN VILLAGE. A Native village in Spanish America. Drawing, mid 16th century, from a Spanish manuscript

SPAIN: COURTLY LOVE. Manuscript illumination, 13th century

ALFONSO X (1221-1284). King of Castile, Leon, and Galicia. Alfonso receiving communion. Manuscript illumination, 13th century, from the Cantigas de Alfonso X

SPAIN: MEDIEVAL SHEPHERD. A shepherd receives pay for selling one of his flock. Manuscript illumination, 13th century, from the Cantigas de Alfonso X

SPAIN: MEDIEVAL FISHING. Muslims fishing off the coast of Spain. Manuscript illumination, 13th century, from the Cantigas de Alfonso X

SPAIN: CHESS, c1283. Manuscript illumination, Spanish, c1283

SPAIN: SHIP, 15th CENTURY. Spanish sailing ship, probably of the 15th century. Manuscript illumination

SPAIN: GYPSY, c1900. Oil on canvas, c1900, by Isidre Nonell

SPAIN: RAILROAD, c1900. A train going through the Pyrenees Mountains. Oil on canvas, c1900, by Dario de Regoyos

SPAIN: ROYAL WEDDING, 1906. Wedding of King Alfonso XIII of Spain to Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg at the Royal Monastery of San Geronimo, Madrid, Spain. Oil on canvas, c1906, by Juan Comba

SPAIN: PRISONERS, 1901. Cordon of prisoners marched off by the Guardia Civil. Oil on canvas, 1901, by J.M. Lopez Mezquita

SPAIN: NOBLEWOMEN, c1900. The Infanta Isabel (aunt of King Alfonso XIII) and the Marquesa of Najera leaving a bullfight at Madrid, Spain. Oil on canvas, c1900, by J.M. Lopez Mezquita

SPAIN: LICEU THEATER, 1893. Interior of the Liceu Theater After the Explosion of a Bomb, November 7, 1893, in Barcelona, Spain. Contemporary pen and ink drawing by Salvador Rosas

BARCELONA: BOMBING, 1893. Interior of the Liceo theater club, Barcelona, Spain, shortly after a bomb had exploded, 7 November 1893. Pen and ink sketch, c1893, by Salvador Rosas

BOTANY: PRICKLY PEAR. Harvesting cochineal insect from the prickly pear for use in making red dye. Drawing, Spanish, 1620

PANAMA: SETTLEMENT, 1541. Map of Nombre de Dios, Panama, established by the Spanish in 1510 as a transshipment center for gold and silver from Peru. Drawing, 1541

MEXICO: INDIANS, c1500. Priests of the P urhepecha (Tarascan) Indians of Michoacan Province stand in front of temple steps covered in blood following a human sacrifice

MEXICO: INDIANS, c1500. Warfare among the P urhepecha (Tarascan) Indians of Michoacan Province, Mexico. Illustration, early 16th century

NEW SPAIN: PUNISHMENT. Spaniard with a whip lashes native prisoners in Mexico. Drawing, c1567, by a native artist, from Notebooks of Tonayuca

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