Francisco de Paula Castro y Orozco, Germán Hernández Amores, 1876

Portrait of the spanish politician francisco de paula castro y orozco (1809-1847). During the regency of maría cristina and on behalf of isabel ii, he was minister of grace and justice in 1837. But as he was a supporter of the queen's mother, he was removed when baldomero espartero assumed the regency and did not return to public activity until 1844 when he was elected deputy to congress, occupying the presidency of the chamber for three periods until 1847. He was also a magistrate of the supreme court of war and navy. Object Type: painting. Date: 1876. Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: Congress of Deputies. Francisco de Paula Castro y Orozco. (Congreso de los Diputados de España)