Juan Portela: relation of events in ballads about the assassinations and thefts that he committed in the vicinity of Córdoba

Barcelona : Impresos de la Vda. de A. Llorens, Palma de Sta. Catalina, 6, [1842-1898?]

“I was loved by my parents… a woman was my downfall”: One of the many ‘heroic’ bandits, Juan Portela is shown meek in execution, with the ritual presence of Army and Church (represented by the hooded figures on the right).

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