Representation of Hispanic culinary costumbrismo through visions of Mesoamerican cuisine
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A recreational hunting scene at the Court, immortalised by Velázquez’s brush
Costumbrismo and social reality around begging in the 18th century, represented by Sasso
Representation of local customs through 18th century hunting scenes
Representation of a masked ball held, probably, at the Teatro del Príncipe in Madrid, painted by Luis Paret and Alcázar around 1767.
The image shows the layout of one of the twelve reverberatory furnaces for quicksilver metallurgy that were built in the Calle de Santa Ana of the Real de minas de Azogue de Nuestra Señora de la Concepción in New Spain. These furnaces were made on the outside of brick and lime, to resist water, and on the inside of brick and clay, to preserve the fire. The picture explains how they worked.
Image representative of the greatness of Spain and its monarchy.
Print from the memoirs of Antoine de Jussieu. Aludel furnace and equipment for the distillation of mercury used in the Almadén mines.
Representation of cochineal cultivation and production. The image shows a picture of a cultivated cactus, where the mealybug has swarmed well.
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