Tomás De Suría Y Domínguez

Place: Madrid

Born: 1761

Death: 1835

Biography:

Tomás de Suría was a Spanish artist and explorer. He was born in Madrid, Spain in May 1761. He studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando and accompanied his mentor, Jerónimo Antonio Gil, to New Spain at age seventeen. He married in 1788 and lived in Mexico City, where he worked as an engraver in the royal mint. In 1788, he was also involved in the establishment of the Academy of San Carlos. Despite his wife's strenuous objections, Suria agreed to join the Malaspina Expedition and successfully negotiated the maintenance of his salary, travel expenses, suitable lodgings, and continuance of his seniority when he returned to work. Suria joined Malaspina on the Descubierta on March 27, 1791, at age 30. He died in 1835.