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At a quarter to four in the afternoon, the bell of the cathedral sounds the alarm and drums roll everywhere with the call to arms. In the streets and squares sounds the call ‘To arms, assault on the breaches!’ The attacked breaches reinforce themselves with utter bravery. Our general arrives accompanied by the lieutenant of the King of the Stronghold with his General Staff at Santa Lucía breach, as it is the closest to his home. He finds its garrison putting up the greatest resistance to the enemy; he encourages these defenders; reinforcements subsequently arrive; he gives his commands; he returns to reconnoitre the other garrisons and in all of them – which were assaulted at the same time – he finds their defenders settled, with the enclosure of the stronghold having turned into a bonfire fed with the fire of 130 pieces of artillery, furiously handled, and he issues his orders. The care-givers of Santa Barbara, made up of local heroic women, rendered eminent services, distributing cartridges and succouring the wounded irrespective of the greatest perils. More on this painting
Eugenio Álvarez Dumont (1864, Tunis - 1927, Buenos Aires) was a Spanish painter; primarily of Orientalist and costumbrista scenes, although he is best remembered as a battle painter, for his scenes from the Peninsular War.
He received his first artistic training at the Escuela de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in Madrid, then at the Academia de España and the Accademia Chigi in Rome. He received an honorary mention there for one of his first sketches; The Death of Churruca.
In 1898, he travelled through North Africa with his brother, producing Orientalist scenes. Later, he moved to Paris then, finally to Madrid, where he dedicated himself to teaching, at the Escuela de Artes e Industrias, and painting costumbrista scenes. He was awarded medals at the National Exhibition of Fine Arts in 1887 and 1892.
Toward the end of his life, he settled in Buenos Aires, where he did decorative paintings as well as canvases, and provided illustrations for Argentine books and magazines. More on Eugenio Álvarez Dumont
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