Carlos Julião
Carlos Julião (1740, Turin -1811, Lisbon) was a Luso-Italian artist and engineer of the Portuguese colonial army, working as a fortress inspector during the second half of the 18th century and beginning of the 19th century. He is more known for his watercolor drawings, portraying the different racial and social types inhabiting the Portuguese empire, as well as the period and methods of mining in Brazil. Biography Carlos Julião, or Carlo Juliani, as some of the official documents refer to him, was born in 1740 in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. In 1763, he joined the royal artillery regiment of the Portuguese military as lieutenant. It is unknown what connected the Italian born to the Portuguese empire, but a 1792 letter signed by Maria I of Portugal, Queen Maria, consecrating him with the title of Order of Aviz, Knight of the Military Royal Order of Saint Benedict of Aviz, mentions the name of his father – João Baptista – indicating a Portuguese paternal side. One of his first miss ...
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