[1] It depicts a scene on 1 October 1823 when Ferdinand VII of Spain landed at the town of El Puerto de Santa María accompanied by his family to be greeted by the Duke of Angoulême.

Angoulême was the commander of the Hundred Thousand Sons of Saint Louis, a French army that had invaded Spain in order to free Ferdinand from the captivity of the Liberal Government.

[2] Neoclassical in style, the painting features the town's custom house in the background.

Amongst those depicted accompanying Ferdinand are his wife Queen Maria Josepha Amalia and various other relations including Luisa Carlotta, Francisco de Paula, Maria Teresa of Braganza and Infante Sebastian.

[3] The original, larger version of the painting was destroyed during a 1915 fire at the Convent of the Salesas Reales where the Supreme Court of Spain was based.