Ignacio Garcini y Queralt (1752–1825), Brigadier of Engineers 1804 Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes) Spanish An official in the War Department, Ignacio Garcini wears the uniform of the Corps of Engineers in this somewhat puffed up, self-satisfied image. The splayed collar and decorative button holes help to animate his formal attire, which was originally more severe: the embroidered red cross and the badge of the Order of Santiago are decorations he received in 1806 and must have been added later. After the French invasion of Spain in 1808, Garcini became a collaborator of the enemy, and in
Ignacio Garcini y Queralt (1752–1825), Brigadier of Engineers 1804 Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes) Spanish An official in the War Department, Ignacio Garcini wears the uniform of the Corps of Engineers in this somewhat puffed up, self-satisfied image. The splayed collar and decorative button holes help to animate his formal attire, which was originally more severe: the embroidered red cross and the badge of the Order of Santiago are decorations he received in 1806 and must have been added later. After the French invasion of Spain in 1808, Garcini became a collaborator of the enemy, and in 1811 he wrote the book Chronicle of Spain Since the Reign of Charles IV: Account of the Persecution Suffered by Colonel D. Ignacio Ignacio Garcini y Queralt (1752–1825), Brigadier of Engineers 436542
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