In the summary of the conference on Los Clavijo that took place in the Municipal Theater of La Villa de Teguise, a small historical finding is exposed. And it is that a second portrait of José Clavijo y Fajardo was made public, which is also the original of the image that is used in all the treatises that deal with his figure.
This 18th century painting is owned by Doña Manuela Rodríguez Clavijo, a relative of the character and a resident of San Bartolomé. In the talk given by Carlos Gaviño and José Gómez Pamo, it was determined that the draft of the genealogical records of the Clavijo surname made by the Historical Archive are correct and that the first Clavijo arrived in Lanzarote, specifically in La Villa, in the 15th century with the Marquises of Herrera, and that all the branches come from Juan Clavijo.
One of the best known descendants is José Clavijo y Fajardo, Teguise (1726-1806), father of the illustration in Spain. Among other facets he was a naturalist, he gives his name to the Botanical Garden of Gran Canaria; journalist, he founded the weekly El Pensador and is considered the father of the Canarian journalists; writer, translator; or director of what is currently the Museum of Natural History of Madrid.
The talk also showed one of the least known portraits of the considered hero of the Spanish independence from the French, Rafael Clavijo y Socas, who is also a native of La Villa.
