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[Jose Rizal, 1861-1896, bust portrait, facing left] – Historic Photograph Print

[Jose Rizal, 1861-1896, bust portrait, facing left] — historic photograph
[Jose Rizal, 1861-1896, bust portrait, facing left]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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[Jose Rizal, 1861-1896, bust portrait, facing left]

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José Rizal, the Filipino writer, physician and nationalist, is shown here in a bust portrait turned to the left, a pose that photographers of the period often used to balance a sitter's features against the plain studio backdrop. The caption card records no date, so the exact year of the sitting is unknown, but Rizal's life (1861 to 1896) places the portrait within the last decades of Spanish colonial rule in the Philippines. His novels, particularly "Noli Me Tángere" (1887) and "El filibusterismo" (1891), became central texts for reformist and independence movements, and Rizal was executed by Spanish authorities in Manila in December 1896.

Medium1 photographic print.
Notes[no date recorded on caption card]
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,242 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-120836

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