José Ignacio Javier Oriol Encarnación de Espronceda y Delgado was a Romantic Spanish poet, one of the most representative authors of the 19th century. He was influenced by Eugenio de Ochoa, Federico Madrazo, Alfred Tennyson, Richard Chenevix Trench and Diego de Alvear.
El escritor José de Espronceda, portrait by Antonio María Esquivel (c.1845) (Museo del Prado, Madrid)
House where Espronceda was born
Diego de Alvear y Ponce de León
Diego de Alvear y Ponce de León (1749–1830) was a Spanish military commander and politician.
Diego de Alvear y Ponce de León
Bustamante's flotilla being intercepted by four British frigates commanded by Moore; Amphion reaches the Mercedes (by Francis Sartorius)