AGUSTINA DE ARAGON 1808 (Scale75)
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Mike S.
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Splendid piece, and not an often modeled subject. I like it!
megroot
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beautifull vignette.
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Osvald
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Great plot !!!Excellent sculpture !!!! Wonderful job!
Chris Mortimer
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Wow! I love it. Superb work.
T-34/85
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This just went to the top of my must have list. Well done Scale 75! 
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Zastrow.cuirassier
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Superb rendering of :
Agustina de Aragón,
Augusto Ferrer-Dalmau
Agustina de Aragón was a heroine of the Spanish War of Independence and the Peninsular War against France. She is most famous for her bravery at the Siege of Zaragoza.
In 1808, Zaragoza was one of the last cities in northern Spain not to have fallen to the forces of Napoleon and was ill-prepared for a siege. Agustina, a civiilian at the time, was present during the French attack of the Portillo gateway. Broken by the French onslaught, the Spanish began to retreat. With the French troops just a few yards away, Agustina ran forward, loaded a cannon and lit the fuse, shredding a wave of attackers at point blank range. Inspired by her act of bravery, the Spanish forces rallied and assisted her in repelling the attackers.
While this heroic defense bought time for Zaragoza, the siege was only broken for a matter of weeks, after which the French returned and this time were successful in taking the city. Agustina was captured and saw her own son killed by French guards. She later mounted a daring escape and became a low-level rebel leader for the guerrilleros, harassing the French with hit-and-run raids.
Her forces joined the alliance against the French led by the Duke of Wellington. The only female officer in Wellington’s army, Agustina eventually rose to the rank of Captain and acted as a front line battery commander at the Battle of Vitoria, which led to the French being driven out of Spain.
Following the war she married and later in life became a familiar sight in Zaragoza as a respectable old lady wearing medals. She died in 1857 aged 71.
Francisco Goya plate
But i never sa this film !!!
Agustina de Aragón,
Augusto Ferrer-Dalmau
Agustina de Aragón was a heroine of the Spanish War of Independence and the Peninsular War against France. She is most famous for her bravery at the Siege of Zaragoza.
In 1808, Zaragoza was one of the last cities in northern Spain not to have fallen to the forces of Napoleon and was ill-prepared for a siege. Agustina, a civiilian at the time, was present during the French attack of the Portillo gateway. Broken by the French onslaught, the Spanish began to retreat. With the French troops just a few yards away, Agustina ran forward, loaded a cannon and lit the fuse, shredding a wave of attackers at point blank range. Inspired by her act of bravery, the Spanish forces rallied and assisted her in repelling the attackers.
While this heroic defense bought time for Zaragoza, the siege was only broken for a matter of weeks, after which the French returned and this time were successful in taking the city. Agustina was captured and saw her own son killed by French guards. She later mounted a daring escape and became a low-level rebel leader for the guerrilleros, harassing the French with hit-and-run raids.
Her forces joined the alliance against the French led by the Duke of Wellington. The only female officer in Wellington’s army, Agustina eventually rose to the rank of Captain and acted as a front line battery commander at the Battle of Vitoria, which led to the French being driven out of Spain.
Following the war she married and later in life became a familiar sight in Zaragoza as a respectable old lady wearing medals. She died in 1857 aged 71.
Francisco Goya plate
But i never sa this film !!!
Zastrow, I don't know where have you found that biography but is mostly fantasy.
Yes, it's true that she fired the gun at El Portillo Gate, when all the crew felt. The shot (I think it was a 24 Pounder) shocked an advancing french column towards the gate. They fled in panic.
She was a prisoner but was liberated in an exchange, didn´t have any children. She was apointed Sublieutenant by the King. Never saw action again in the front or with the guerrillas.
She married for a second time. Her first husband was an artillery sergeant left for Killed in action.
She never lived at Zaragoza. She was there as a part of the refugees that took shelter in the city. She lived -and died- most of the time in Ceuta.
Now she is buried in a cript in El Portillo church, Zaragoza with other three heroines from the city sieges. Near my house.
Yes, it's true that she fired the gun at El Portillo Gate, when all the crew felt. The shot (I think it was a 24 Pounder) shocked an advancing french column towards the gate. They fled in panic.
She was a prisoner but was liberated in an exchange, didn´t have any children. She was apointed Sublieutenant by the King. Never saw action again in the front or with the guerrillas.
She married for a second time. Her first husband was an artillery sergeant left for Killed in action.
She never lived at Zaragoza. She was there as a part of the refugees that took shelter in the city. She lived -and died- most of the time in Ceuta.
Now she is buried in a cript in El Portillo church, Zaragoza with other three heroines from the city sieges. Near my house.
jositomanito
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Amigo Diego, seguramente hay más versiones de su vida,
yo al menos he encontrado 3 diferentes y hay bastantes diferencias
entre ellas, así que nuestro colega Zastrow ha debido ser -una vez más, como tantos otros-
víctima de la Wikipedia. Saludos.JM.
Extraído de la G.E.A. (Gran Enciclopedia Aragonesa):
Agustina de Aragón
Contenido disponible: Texto GEA 2000 | Última actualización realizada el 17/05/2007
(Reus, 1786 - Ceuta, 1857). Heroína de los Sitios de Zaragoza
, de nombre Agustina Zaragoza Doménech. Casada con un militar profesional, viene a Zaragoza, habiéndose iniciado ya la guerra con los franceses, y se instala en casa de unos familiares. Dando por desaparecido a su marido en acción militar, contrae matrimonio el 1 de julio de 1808 con el capitán Luis de Talarbe. Por esas fechas tiene lugar la famosa acción en la Puerta de El Portillo, en la que Agustina se hace cargo de una batería artillera a cuyo alrededor yacían, heridos o muertos, sus servidores; con esta acción contribuye a evitar la entrada de los franceses por ese flanco de la ciudad. También intervino en la lucha por el convento de Jerusalén. Fue hecha prisionera y tras escapar estuvo presente en el Sitio de Teruel. La mitología popular sobre este personaje se crea desde el primer momento, y en calidad de mito es recibida en Sevilla y en Cádiz y homenajeada por la Junta Suprema
y por Lord Wellington. Participa posteriormente en el Sitio de Tortosa y nuevamente es apresada junto con su marido, pero vuelve a escapar y al final de la guerra se reúne con él en Valencia. Fernando VII
la recibe en Madrid y le concede una pensión de cien reales. A su calidad de heroína une el hecho de la complejidad de su vida matrimonial, a partir del momento en que aparece vivo su primer marido, adoptando la decisión de no convivir con ninguno de los dos. Muerto el primero y emigrado a América el segundo, contrae matrimonio de nuevo con otro militar: Juan Eugenio Cobo de Belchite y Mesperma, con el que tiene una hija, al igual que tuviera un hijo de su primer matrimonio. La historiografía romántica embellece probablemente la vida de una mujer que seguía al ejército en sus movimientos y que, consecuentemente, fallece en la plaza militar de Ceuta el 29 de mayo de 1857. El ayuntamiento de Zaragoza le concedió una calle y decidió traer el cadáver en sesión de 14 de julio de 1857: el traslado se efectuó veintitrés años más tarde, y el 14 de julio de 1870 quedaron depositados los restos en el templo del Pilar, de donde pasó en 1908, con motivo del Centenario de los Sitios
, a la iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Portillo, en acto presidido por Alfonso XIII.
SORRY my friends. I say to DIEGOFF that there are many versions of the Agustina´s life.
Probably our colleague Zastrow extracted her biography from one of them (Wikipedia ?).
This version (in Spanish), is extracted from the Great Encyclopedia of Aragón) .
Best regards from Spain.
JM
yo al menos he encontrado 3 diferentes y hay bastantes diferencias
entre ellas, así que nuestro colega Zastrow ha debido ser -una vez más, como tantos otros-
víctima de la Wikipedia. Saludos.JM.
Extraído de la G.E.A. (Gran Enciclopedia Aragonesa):
Agustina de Aragón
Contenido disponible: Texto GEA 2000 | Última actualización realizada el 17/05/2007
(Reus, 1786 - Ceuta, 1857). Heroína de los Sitios de Zaragoza
, de nombre Agustina Zaragoza Doménech. Casada con un militar profesional, viene a Zaragoza, habiéndose iniciado ya la guerra con los franceses, y se instala en casa de unos familiares. Dando por desaparecido a su marido en acción militar, contrae matrimonio el 1 de julio de 1808 con el capitán Luis de Talarbe. Por esas fechas tiene lugar la famosa acción en la Puerta de El Portillo, en la que Agustina se hace cargo de una batería artillera a cuyo alrededor yacían, heridos o muertos, sus servidores; con esta acción contribuye a evitar la entrada de los franceses por ese flanco de la ciudad. También intervino en la lucha por el convento de Jerusalén. Fue hecha prisionera y tras escapar estuvo presente en el Sitio de Teruel. La mitología popular sobre este personaje se crea desde el primer momento, y en calidad de mito es recibida en Sevilla y en Cádiz y homenajeada por la Junta Suprema
y por Lord Wellington. Participa posteriormente en el Sitio de Tortosa y nuevamente es apresada junto con su marido, pero vuelve a escapar y al final de la guerra se reúne con él en Valencia. Fernando VII
la recibe en Madrid y le concede una pensión de cien reales. A su calidad de heroína une el hecho de la complejidad de su vida matrimonial, a partir del momento en que aparece vivo su primer marido, adoptando la decisión de no convivir con ninguno de los dos. Muerto el primero y emigrado a América el segundo, contrae matrimonio de nuevo con otro militar: Juan Eugenio Cobo de Belchite y Mesperma, con el que tiene una hija, al igual que tuviera un hijo de su primer matrimonio. La historiografía romántica embellece probablemente la vida de una mujer que seguía al ejército en sus movimientos y que, consecuentemente, fallece en la plaza militar de Ceuta el 29 de mayo de 1857. El ayuntamiento de Zaragoza le concedió una calle y decidió traer el cadáver en sesión de 14 de julio de 1857: el traslado se efectuó veintitrés años más tarde, y el 14 de julio de 1870 quedaron depositados los restos en el templo del Pilar, de donde pasó en 1908, con motivo del Centenario de los Sitios
, a la iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Portillo, en acto presidido por Alfonso XIII.SORRY my friends. I say to DIEGOFF that there are many versions of the Agustina´s life.
Probably our colleague Zastrow extracted her biography from one of them (Wikipedia ?).
This version (in Spanish), is extracted from the Great Encyclopedia of Aragón) .
Best regards from Spain.
JM
OldTaff
PlanetFigure Supporter
As always, History throws up a fascinating story to delight and confound us. I enjoy the romanticism, and the possibility that the lady did live to a healthy, and maybe happy old age.
It's certainly an inspiring tale, and beautifully brought to life by this vignette. Probably a 'must have' in the near future
Alan
It's certainly an inspiring tale, and beautifully brought to life by this vignette. Probably a 'must have' in the near future
Alan
peedee
A Fixture
Having seen the painting as a result of Roger's "illustrators " thread, and how many of his painting subjects scale 75 have already produced I am delighted to see this released as well.
It's lovely and atmospheric too
Best wishes
Paul.
It's lovely and atmospheric too
Best wishes
Paul.
The city of Zaragoza recently bought a miniature portrait of the heroine. It was made at Gibraltar in 1809. The lady is in the Artillery Sublieutenant uniform:
http://www.elperiodicodearagon.com/...tina-aragon-ya-museo-camon-azanar_795914.html
http://www.elperiodicodearagon.com/...tina-aragon-ya-museo-camon-azanar_795914.html
Zastrow.cuirassier
PlanetFigure Supporter
Zastrow, I don't know where have you found that biography but is mostly fantasy.
Yes, it's true that she fired the gun at El Portillo Gate, when all the crew felt. The shot (I think it was a 24 Pounder) shocked an advancing french column towards the gate. They fled in panic.
She was a prisoner but was liberated in an exchange, didn´t have any children. She was apointed Sublieutenant by the King. Never saw action again in the front or with the guerrillas.
She married for a second time. Her first husband was an artillery sergeant left for Killed in action.
She never lived at Zaragoza. She was there as a part of the refugees that took shelter in the city. She lived -and died- most of the time in Ceuta.
Now she is buried in a cript in El Portillo church, Zaragoza with other three heroines from the city sieges. Near my house.
Source : http://the-female-soldier.tumblr.com/;)
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TADATSUGU
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Me like very much! Although a somewhat romanticised depiction, a very faithful reproduction of the painting.
My only concern, as in other 75mm vignettes, is a presumed high price tag , which would make me more inclined to scratchbuild my own version in 54mm.
My only concern, as in other 75mm vignettes, is a presumed high price tag , which would make me more inclined to scratchbuild my own version in 54mm.
