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Title
Don Diego Gomes Ponce Cured of Smallpox, December 1856
Date
1856/1857
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 33 x W 44 cm
Accession number
44912i
Acquisition method
purchased by Henry S. Wellcome, c.1900–1936
Work type
Painting
Inscription description
D.Diego Gomes Ponce Oficial 3 del Cuerpo Administrativo de la Armada, de 23 anos de edad fue acomedido en el Arsenal de la Carraca de biruelas el dia 9 de Diciembre de 1856 dando pocas esperanzas de vida; su Padre se encomendo al S