The Judicial Portraits of Puerto Rico's Federal Court
 

After the Spanish-American war ended in 1899 and Puerto Rico was ceded to the United States, a federal court was installed in old San Juan and a provisional judge was appointed to the bench.  Since the establishment of Puerto Rico as a territory, there have been thirty Federal Judges appointed to the court in Puerto Rico.  As is generally the tradition in the US court system, portraits are commissioned to preserve and document the legacy and historical presence of the sitting Judges.  For reasons unknown, this tradition was not followed in Puerto Rico, until a single artist was commissioned in 2007 to paint the portraits of all 31 judges in the court’s history. 

Please click to see the portraits and to learn more about this historical project.