Description:
Winning image of contest: “1779. Not without Spain”

Description:
Image for contest “1779. Not without Spain”

Author:
José Manuel Barroso Sánchez
Self-taught.

WE CERTIFY: The work referenced here is original, not a copy of any other author or any other work. It is signed on the front, lower right corner, with the letters of the last name and the number of the year of completion (Barroso19). It has been done it with the dimensions, style and technique that appears in this document indicating the title.

Image size:
100 x 50 cm

Title:
"Siege of Fort Charlotte."

Style:
Painting

Technique:
Oil on canvas with spatula.

Image description:

Reorganized after the storm and after the siege that began on February 24 at Fort Charlotte. Bernardo Gálvez's expedition manages to enter through a gap in the wall to take the fort and defeat the English defenders on March 12th, 1780.

In the upper part of the canvas a silhouette is outlined. It pretends to represent a checkpoint of the place to which reference is made. In the lower part two components of the Louisiana Regiment. In first place, the sub-lieutenant, flag bearer of a battalion, accompanied by a rifleman of the same unit.