EUGENIO VELA (D. 1895). SPANISH ENGRAVER.. Heroic defence of the tower of Saint Augustine in Zaragoza in the Peninsular War. Episode that took place on 1 February 1809, during the Second Siege of Zaragoza in the Peninsular War (1808-1814). The tower of Saint Augustine belonged to the Augustinian convent building, which was destroyed in the siege. Engraving by Vela after the painting by César Alvarez Dumont (1866-1945), 1884. The Spanish and American Illustration (La Ilustración Española y Americana), 1884.
Heroic defence of the tower of Saint Augustine in Zaragoza in the Peninsular War. Episode that took place on 1 February 1809, during the Second Siege of Zaragoza in the Peninsular War (1808-1814). The tower of Saint Augustine belonged to the Augustinian convent building, which was destroyed in the siege. Engraving by Vela after the painting by César Alvarez Dumont (1866-1945), 1884. The Spanish and American Illustration (La Ilustración Española y Americana), 1884.