Alicante, Spain, c. 1870 by English School

Alicante, Spain presents a panoramic nineteenth-century view of the Mediterranean port city, its harbor filled with sailing vessels beneath the dramatic cliffs of a fortress-topped mountain overlooking the town's rooftops and coastline. Published around 1870 in the illustrated travel volume Spanish Pictures, the engraving reflects the Victorian era's fascination with documenting European coastal life and architecture through detailed pen-and-ink illustration.