Room III · Independent Mexico

Political cartoon from La orquesta no. 48

Anonymous artist

Printed on paper in one ink. Sheet of the political cartoon paper "La orquesta". No. 48. With a lithograph by O. Escalante on the front, a cartoon with a government building on a barge and the people sinking around it. With the legend: "Nuevo Diluvio en México. In this flood only the lightweight employees perished; but some animals still remained in the ark to preserve the species".

Classification

Printed matter

Date

1821–1876 · 19th century

Material

Paper

Dimensions

30.0 × 21.3 × 0.1 cm

Inventory no.

MUNAG.043.02602

Credits

Curator: Gabriela Zesati · Fotografía: Israel Salinas