Title

Portrait of General Miguel Ricardo da Alava, Spanish soldier, 1821

Caption

Portrait of General Miguel Ricardo da Alava, Spanish soldier, 1821. A veteran of the Spanish contingent at Trafalgar, Alava (1771-1843) joined the uprising against the French in 1808. In 1810 he was sent as Spanish liaison with the British in Portugal, where he became friendly with the Duke of Wellington. In 1815, as Spanish ambassador to the Hague, he was able to take up an appointment on Wellington's field staff as the Spanish Commissionary for the allies at the Battle of Waterloo. From the collection of Apsley House, London.

Date

1821

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England Archive

Reference

HRM19B05_488

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

55,1Mb (2,4Mb) / 12,8in x 16,7in / 3850 x 5000 (300dpi)

Keywords

building buildings England people male man men head arts painting country Spain Spanish art guy British Netherlands English color colour war location century Britain general soldiers soldier concept battle head and shoulders Army country house warfare stately home commander military uniform 19th century Apsley House diplomat nineteenth century English Heritage ambassador Battle of Waterloo Napoleonic Wars Peninsular War TGN portrait oil Jan Willem Pieneman Pieneman Jan Willem Miguel Ricardo de Alava Alava Miguel Ricardo de Miguel de Alava General de Alava Miguel Ricardo de Alava y Esquivel oil portrait