Two inhabitants of Madrid, 1726
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Two inhabitants of Madrid, a woman and a man in costume typical of the city, with the profile of Madrid in the background. Plate no. 409 in part XVII of the print work: Les Forces de l'Europe, Asie, Afrique et Amerique ... Comme aussi les Cartes des Côtes de France et d'Espagne, 1726, this second part with 271 hand-numbered plates of famous strong cities and fortresses in the context of the War of the Spanish Succession 1701-1713. Most of these plates are copied from anonymous French plates of famous strong cities and fortresses: in Les forces de l'Europe and in: Le theatre de la guerre, dans les Pays-Bas, both originally published by Nicolas de Fer in Paris (1693-1697) in the context of the Nine Years' War. Marked top right with the number: 5.
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