O Chalaça

Bust of young man, slightly turned to the left. Thin, long face and nose. Wide forehead. Thick, close eyebrows. Light brown eyes. Small mouth. Left ear visible. Brown, straight and short hair. Black turtleneck overcoat; collect cream and white jabot. Olive background. Inscription on the back of the side of the chassis, on the left, with the pen: "Hist. De Port. Damião Peres / Vol. 7 pag 52". Golden wood frame, with stylized phytomorphic decoration, in the corners, in the centers of the sides and of the upper and lower parts. At the bottom, small metal plate with the inscription: "SIMPLICIO RODRIGUES".
Francisco Gomes da Silva, the Chalaça (Lisbon, September 22, 1791 - Lisbon, December 30, 1852), politician and confidant of Dom Pedro I.