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A General View of the City of Madrid the Capital of the Kingdom of Spain / Vue Générale de Madrid, ville Capitale du Royaume d’Espagne. Londres, c. 1794. - [MADRID]. A General View of the City of Madrid the Capital of the Kingdom of Spain / Vue Générale de Madrid, ville Capitale du Royaume d’Espagne. Laurie & Whittle (publishers). [London, Laurie & Whittle, c. 1794]. Hand-coloured copper engraving; 310 × 450 mm (sheet). Classic London vue d’optique showing a panoramic view of Madrid across the River Manzanares ; in the foreground a large multi-arched bridge (probably the Segovia Bridge ) with 18th-century staffage figures . The skyline features the Royal Palace and the city’s main spires. Bilingual title in English and French along the lower margin, typical of Laurie & Whittle issues (who, from 1794, continued Sayer & Bennett’s series) made for optical viewers.