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Manuel de Godoy
Manuel de Godoy (1767-1851), the "Prince of Peace", was First Minister of Spain during the reign of King Charles VI of Spain. Corrupt and extravagant, Godoy was hated by the Spanish nobility and commoners alike, and his tenure...
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The Uprising of 2 May 1808, or The Charge of the Mamluks
The Uprising of 2 May 1808, or The Charge of the Mamluks, oil on canvas by Francisco Goya, 1814, part of a series of artworks depicting the horrors of the Peninsular War (1807-1814). This work depicts...
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The Third of May 1808
The Third of May 1808, oil on canvas by Francisco Goya, 1814, part of a series of works depicting the horrors of the Peninsular War (1807-1814). This depicts the execution of Spanish civilians by a French firing squad in the...
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The Surrender of Bailén
After the Battle of Bailén (16-19 July 1808) an entire French army surrenders to Spanish forces. The largest defeat of a French army since 1794, the battle dispels the myth of invincibility surrounding Napoleonic France...
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The Second Siege of Zaragoza
The Second Siege of Zaragoza (19 December 1808 to 20 February 1809) was a bloody chapter of the Peninsular War, resulting in 10,000 dead French soldiers and 54,000 dead Spanish, including 30,000 civilians. Painting by...
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Death of Sir John Moore
The death of British General Sir John Moore during the Battle of Corunna, 16 January 1809. Engraving by Thomas Sutherland in the book The Martial Achievements of Great Britain and her Allies from 1799-1815, by James Jenkins...
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Proclamation of the Spanish Constitution of 1812
Proclamation of the Spanish Constitution of 1812 by the Cortés de Cádiz during the Peninsular War, image by Salvador Viniegra, 1912.
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Battle of Somosierra, 30 November 1808
Battle of Somosierra (30 November 1808), fought between a French army under Emperor Napoleon I and a Spanish army during the Peninsular War, oil on canvas by Louis-François, Baron Lejeune, 1810. Palace of Versailles...
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Battle of Bayonne, 14 April 1814
The Battle of Bayonne (14 April 1814), one of the last battles of the Peninsular War (1807-1814), engraving by Thomas Sutherland, c. 1815.
Library of Toulouse.
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The Disasters of War, Plate 3
The third print in the Disasters of War series by Spanish artist Francisco Goya (1746-1828), between 1810-1820. Historians consider these works to have been Goya's protest to the Peninsular War and the subsequent rollback...
