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Retratos - SILVA OEIRENSE (Francisco António da) [RETRATOS dos membros da Associação começada no Porto em 22 de Janeiro de 1818, e das mais pessoas que com elles cooperaram para a revolução política de 24 de Agosto de 1820] . Lisboa: 1822. 1 ff. de dedicatória; 33 retratos; 530x360 mm. A remarkable set of portraits engraved in burin, representing the main figures of the Portuguese constitutional revolution of 1820, produced by Francisco António da Silva Oeirense, an active engraver and draftsman in the first half of the 19th century. The work brings together, in sequence, the members of the Association founded in Porto in 1818 — a liberal conspiratorial nucleus —, the officers of the military council and the members of the Provisional Board appointed on August 24, 1820. The publication never had a proper frontispiece, but opens with a printed dedication sheet to King D. João VI. The prints, sober and finely drawn, are accompanied by captions with the names of the portrayed, printed in typographic characters. Francisco António da Silva Oeirense stood out as one of the first Portuguese engravers to work systematically with political portraiture, developing a restrained and respectful graphic language, in keeping with the institutional spirit of the time. His engraved work — scarce but relevant — records the inaugural moment of constitutionalism in Portugal and today constitutes an irreplaceable visual source for the iconography of the Liberal Revolution. Portrayed in the work: 1. Manuel Fernandes Thomás; 2. José Ferreira Borges; 3. José da Silva Carvalho; 4. João Ferreira Vianna; 5. Duarte Lessa; 6. José Maria Lopes Carneiro; 7. José Gonçalves dos Sanctos Silva; 8. José Pereira de Menezes; 9. Francisco Gomes da Silva; 10. João da Cunha Souto-maior; 11. José de Mello e Castro de Abreu; 12. José Maria Xavier de Araujo; 13. Bernardo Corrêa de Castro e Sepulveda; 14. Sebastian Drago Valente de Brito Cabreira; 15. Domingos Antonio Gil de Fig. d' Sarmento; 16. José Pereira da Silva Leite de Berredo; 17. Antonio Barreto Pinto Feio; 18. José de Sousa Pimentel de Faria; 19. José Pedro Cardoso e Silva; 20. Tiburcio Joaquim Barreto Feio; 21. Antonio Silveira Pinto da Fonseca; 22. Fr. Francisco de S. Luis; 23. Luis Pedro de Andrade Brederode; 24. Pedro Leite Pereira de Mello; 25. Francisco Jose de Barros Lima; 26. José Manuel de Sousa Ferreira e Castro; 27. Francisco de Sousa Cirne de Madureira; 28. José Joaquim Ferreira de Moura; 29. Roque Ribeiro de Abranches Castello-branco; 30. Manoel Vaz Pinto Guedes; 31. Antonio Lobo Teixeira de Barros; 32. Francisco Antonio Pamplona Moniz; 33. Gaspar Teixeira de Magalhães e Lacerda. ! Please note that this translated text was generated by Google. !