Don. Francisco Abad y Moreno. Vest. Colonel of the National Armies of Spain

MARIANO BRANDI (1776-1824) (drawing and engraving)

Spain, circa 1815.

Etching and illuminated burin on laid paper.

Abad y Moreno (1788-1827) was a famous guerrilla fighter of the War of Independence and colonel of the regular army, popularly known as “el Chaleco”.

On the back, a label from the Junta de Incautación y Protección del Patrimonio Artístico, former Roque Pidal collection.