Tomb erected in the Holy Cathedral of Barcelona at the expense of its Excmo. City Council on February 3, 1837 during the funeral of the brave men who died to defend and save the invincible Bilbao.

SALVADOR CARRERA

Barcelona, ​​1837.

Lithograph on vellum paper.

Monument erected in the cathedral of Barcelona after the defence of the city of Bilbao in 1837 during the First Carlist War. The work was designed by the architect Salvador Carrera, who followed the schemes of the previous royal burial mounds, but with a different iconography since it attempts to represent the walls of Bilbao and all the elements of defence, together with the flags and cannons, as well as a frieze where the feat was represented.

The monument, made with wood, fabric, plaster and paint, was intended to last only for the period of the commemorations and therefore an engraved image was made that would allow many copies: the lithograph. It is a luxury print that must have been distributed among a select group of people.

Good state of preservation.