Flood of Calaveras!
Manuel Manilla
n.d.
Medium
Photo relief etching on yellow wove paper, discolored
Dimensions
40.2 × 30 cm (15 7/8 × 11 13/16 in.)
Classification
woodcut
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
52274
About the Artist
Manuel Manilla
Manuel Manilla was a Mexican engraver and printmaker active in Mexico City during the late nineteenth century, where he became one of the most prolific popular artists of his era. Working primarily for the publishing house of Antonio Vanegas Arroyo, Manilla produced hundreds of woodcut and metal engravings that illustrated broadsheets, corridos, and cheap printed literature consumed by a wide urba...