While in Granada, Spain, in 1881, Ferris drew in pencil Mariano Fernandez, a gypsy prince, and his wife. The gypsy was a favorite model of the artist Mariano Fortuny. See also GA*14404.03, etching of Mariano Fernández Santiago, and his wife Josefa Carmona Alamed in front of their cave, and GA*14541, a watercolor study for the print.