A curated archive of historical images from the Philippines, including Tipos del País illustrations, vintage posters, and early maps of the Philippines. This collection documents the country's visual and cultural history, from the colonial period to the early modern era.
José Honorato Lozano was more than a painter. Through his Tipos del País watercolors, he became one of the most important visual chroniclers of 19th-century Philippine society.
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Tipos del País, literally "Types of the Country," are 19th-century miniature watercolor paintings that documented the people, dress, and social hierarchy of colonial Philippines. Produced for foreign traders and wealthy...
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For over three centuries, the plants of the Philippine archipelago were documented by hand by Jesuit missionaries, Spanish botanists, and Filipino artists. Many of those illustrations have been sitting in...
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In 1762, British forces occupying Manila seized the copper plates used to print the most consequential map the Philippines has ever produced and shipped them to England. The copies had...
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Maynila Archive is a curated collection of Philippine historical artworks, carefully restored and reproduced as museum-quality fine art prints.
Each piece is selected for its cultural value and visual strength, then printed using archival techniques to create timeless artwork for modern interiors.
Browse our growing collection of articles on Philippine historical art, colonial-era illustrations, vintage maps, and botanical prints.
In 1762, British forces occupying Manila seized the copper plates used to print the most consequential map the Philippines has...
José Honorato Lozano's Indio a Caballo records a native Filipino man on horseback in the colonial Philippine provinces.
José Honorato Lozano's India a Caballo records a native Filipino woman on horseback in the colonial Philippine provinces.
José Honorato Lozano's view of the Albay volcano and the church of Oas records the landscape of the colonial Bicol...
José Honorato Lozano's Vista de Manila desde la bahía records the colonial capital seen from Manila Bay.
José Honorato Lozano's Desembocadura del Río Pasig records the mouth of the Pasig River where it met Manila Bay.
José Honorato Lozano's Sacatero captures the fodder gatherer whose trade supported transport in colonial Manila.
José Honorato Lozano's Chino Corredor captures the Chinese broker at the center of trade in the colonial Philippines.
José Honorato Lozano's India con su Niño captures a native Filipino woman and her child in colonial Philippine society.
José Honorato Lozano's Indio Carpintero del Arsenal de Cavite captures the native carpenter of the Spanish naval shipyard at Cavite.
José Honorato Lozano's Iglesia Parroquial de Binondo records the parish church of Manila's historic Chinatown.
José Honorato Lozano's Casa de un Pueblo de Cagayan records the rural domestic architecture of colonial-era northern Luzon.
