In 1812, after French invaders were forced to evacuate Seville, classes resumed at la Escuela de Tres Nobles Artes (School of Three Noble Arts) and Antonio Cabral entered as a student.

This decoration of the Archive of the Indies was made on the occasion of the passage through the city of the Portuguese precesses María Isabel de Braganza and Francisca de Braganza, on their way to Madrid to marry, respectively, King Fernando VII and his brother Carlos María Isidro .

In 1819 he helped to build a funeral catafalque in the Cathedral of Seville in memory of the same Maria Isabel de Braganza, who tragically died in childbirth after only two years of marriage.

In 1835 he was given an appointment at the San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Madrid, in appreciation of his painting "The Decapitation of St. John the Baptist."

In 1837 he was appointed member of the management committee of the newly created Museum of Fine Arts in Seville.

In 1838 the Liceo de Sevilla was founded, and he participated in the organization of various acts and exhibitions.

Among these works are the paintings of the chapel of the Palace of San Telmo, acquired by the Duke at that time, as well as the portraits of illustrious Sevillians.

In July 1853 there was a scandal when he was accused of having sold off fifty paintings belonging to the Museum of Fine Arts.