Laments of a Helpless Orphan
Manuel Manilla
n.d.
Medium
Relief print on paper
Dimensions
30.4 × 20.6 cm (12 × 8 1/8 in.)
Classification
relief etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
49247
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...