![]() Memoria de la persecución que ha padecido el coronel D. In 1811, Garcini published in Valencia a book entitled Cuadro de la España desde el reinado de Carlos IV. He later collaborated with the French, and after Spain was divided into regional commissariats in 1809 he was nominated military intendant for Soria and Rioja by Joseph Bonaparte (Glendenning 1992). Between 18 he moved between Guadalajara, Aranjuez, Cordoba and Cádiz. During the War of Independence, Garcini took an active part in the Spanish resistance against the French invaders. ![]() He was awarded the Order of Santiago in 1806, and the badge and red cross referring to the Order were added to the portrait after that date. He is shown in the painting wearing the blue and red uniform of a Brigadier of Engineers (Brigadier de Ingenieros) (see Trapier 1964). ![]() ![]() Since his youth, Garcini followed a military career and was active in the War Department (Despacho de Guerra). The Garcini family was of French origin, and Ignacio’s ancestors came from Saint Tropez. ![]() Colonel Ignacio Garcini y Queralt was born in Tortosa in 1752, the son of Luis Sebastián Garcini and María Micaela Queralt. ![]()
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