2-645-752 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Escenas Del 3 De Mayo De 1808', (May 3, 1808 in Madrid), 1814, (c1934). The executions of patriots in Madrid, illustrating the capture and struggle of the Spanish people against French domination under the May 2 Uprising, during the War of Spanish Independence. French soldiers in a firing squad, aim their rifles at man dressed in white, proclaiming his innocence. Oil on canvas. Held in the Museo del Prado, Madrid. From Galerias De Europa: Museo Del Prado, by A. De Beruete y Moret & Augusto L. Mayer. [Editorial Labor, S.A., Barcelona, c1934]