“Well it pleas’d the Cid to find him Mounted on his steed once more, With his right arm to the elbow Crimson’d all with Moorish gore.” · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: “Well it pleas’d the Cid to find him Mounted on his steed once more, With his right arm to the elbow Crimson’d all with Moorish gore.”
Subject: War; Death
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Spain
Description: The Cid leads his army in the battle against the Tunisians besieging Valencia. He can be seen on the left, holding his sword above his head and bearing a shield with a cross. The Castilian army had been in danger of being surrounded before the Cid began a charge, which led to a resounding Castilian victory.
Image Creator: John Jackson (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Wood engraving
Identifier: mta:11826
Language: eng
Source Name: The Cid: A Short Chronicle, Founded on the Early Poetry of Spain
Parent Collection: 1845 London Dennis Chronicle from Poem; 1845 London Dennis Chronicle from Poem
Image: mta_11826_OBJ.png
Collection: El Cid
Subject: War; Death