The heroine Malvina
Barcelona: Imps. da Cristina de Segura, Vda. da Llorens, [1810–1900?]
This example is unusual for the direct relevance of the images to the text, and the carefully executed scenes that are graphic in both the depiction of violence (such as the executed man) and the exotic setting. The heroine in question enjoys the convenience of a version of masculine attire, while retaining the femininity of a sort of short skirt. She is noted giving the command for a cannon to be fired. This publication includes two versions of the story of Malvina; one relates to the Reconquest of Spain from the Moors, and the other based on events involving a frigate named ‘la Heroina’ in the Malvinas (Falkland Islands).
F180.b.8.1(137)
The heroine Malvina
Barcelona: Imps. da Cristina de Segura, Vda. da Llorens, [1810-1900?]
This example is unusual for the relevance of the images to the text, and the carefully executed scenes that are graphic in both the depiction of violence (such as the executed man) and the exotic setting. The heroine in question enjoys the convenience of a version of masculine attire, while retaining the femininity of a sort of short skirt. She is noted giving the command for a cannon to be fired.
The publication includes two stories named for the heroine. One is from the Reconquest of Spain from the Moors, when El Gran Capitán (Gonzalo González de Córdoba) freed his beloved Moorish princess, Zulema. The other, of which only a second half appears to have been printed, seems to make reference to an event in 1825 in the Malvinas (Falkland Islands) involving a frigate named ‘la Heroina’. This story is fictitious; Malvina is made the heroine, and is Spanish rather than Argentine, and does not relate closely to the historical event.
F180.b.8.1(137)
