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Manuel Manilla

18 works

Manuel Manilla (1830-1895) was a printmaker, draftsperson and caricaturist. Read more

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Woodcut broadside showing a boy planting a sapling at a grave with a cross, above Spanish verse in ornate borders.

Laments of a Helpless Orphan

n.d.

Green broadside with patriotic verse columns, a central woodcut of a flag-raising figure, and two small portrait medallions.

Glorious Remembrance of September 16th

n.d.

Pink broadside with woodcut of two skeletons in a cemetery above printed verse, titled La Calavera de D. Juan Tenorio.

La Calavera de D. Juan Tenorio (The Calavera of D. Juan Tenorio)

n.d.

Red broadside print of a large skeleton pointing to a Panteón sign while top-hatted figures dance and scatter below, with ver

Noisy Assembly of Calavera Dandies and Old Drunks and Laborers and Garbanzo-Sellers

n.d.

Yellow broadside with song lyrics and a woodcut of a matador standing over a fallen bull in an arena.

The Popular Songbook

n.d.

Printed Mexican songbook page with dense lyric columns, decorative borders, a rose illustration, and bold masthead lettering.

El cancionero popular, num. 21 (The Popular Songbook, No. 21)

n.d.

Woodcut broadside showing a woman striking a man with a stool in a room, with printed Spanish verse below.

Quarrel between Mother-in-law and Son-in-law

n.d.

Printed circus board game with central tent illustration and twelve numbered panels of horses, acrobats and a juggler.

Circus Game

n.d.

Woodcut broadside of a charro on horseback placing banderillas on a bull, with Spanish verse text in columns below.

Glorious Success of Ponciano Díaz and His Brave Charros in the Bull Rings of Madrid

1889

Printed broadside with a large skull, verse columns, and small skeleton vignettes about the Guanajuato flood.

The Horrible Calavera of the Flooding of Guanajuato

1900/10

Green broadside with a skeleton in a sombrero raising a glass beside a tequila bottle, flanked by columns of verse.

Calavera Tapatia

n.d.

Yellowed broadsheet print of skeletons and calaveras in a cemetery, with a towering skeleton and Spanish verses below.

Flood of Calaveras!

n.d.

Woodcut broadside of two skeletons fencing in a graveyard beside tombstones, with Spanish verse text below.

I Am Don Juan Tenorio

n.d.

Pink broadside with woodcut of two men in a rowboat, one playing guitar, beside a palm tree and crescent moon, with song lyri

The Calm Evening

n.d.

Woodcut broadside of a woman raising a chair to strike a man who recoils, with Spanish verse printed below.

Now My Old Mother-in-Law...

n.d.

Pink broadside woodcut of a woman raising a chair at a man in a room, with Spanish verse dialogue printed below.

My Old Mother-in-Law is Always Ready to Scold without Any Reason

n.d.

Green broadside with woodcut street scene of crowd beneath a lamp post, headed Electric Light Arrives, with verse columns.

Electric Light Arrives

1900

Blue broadside with woodcut of a kneeling woman beside a reclining figure under a bare tree and crescent moon, above printed

Sad and Lamentable Cry of a Poor Little Orphan

n.d.

Manuel Manilla (1830-1895) was a printmaker, draftsperson and caricaturist. Manuel Manilla was born in Mexico City. Browse 18 works by Manuel Manilla from one museum, free to download in HD. Source: Wikidata