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Antonio Gutiérrez de Otero y Santayana

Aranda de Duero, Burgos, 1729 - Santa Cruz de Tenerife 1797
Spanish Lieutenant general best known for repelling Admiral Nelson's attack on Santa Cruz de Tenerife in 1797
(Wikipedia)

Manuel Bethencourt & Francisco Cid Gestí
1999

Santa Cruz de Tenerife / Antonio Gutiérrez de Otero y Santayana

Description

Bust on a square column, with next to it a steel plate with a text plaque.

The sculptor Manual Bethencourt Santana made two copies of the Cid's original of 1969 (Museo Militar Regional de Canarias), the one in Aranda de Duero and this one in Santa Cruz de Tenerife.

Inscription(s)

santa cruz de santiago
de tenerife

a

D. ANTONIO GUTIÉRREZ

(1729-1799)

comandante general
de las islas canarias
vencedor de nelson
el 25 de julio de 1797

Santa Cruz de Santiago
de Tenerife

to

D. Antonio Gutiérrez

(1729-1799)

General commander
of the Canary Islands
victor of Nelson
25 July 1797

Sculptors

Manuel Bethencourt Santana (La Habana 1931 - Santa Cruz de Tenerife 2012), Spanish-Canarian sculptor (Wikipedia).
Francisco Cid Gestí (Tarragona 1902- ?), Spanish sculptor (Information).

Sources & Information

Escultura Urbana, Busto del general Antonio Gutiérrez (in Aranda de Duero).

Locatie (N 28°27'55" - W 16°14'53") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: esca561; Photograph: 1 February 2020
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