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.
José Honorato Lozano's Gobernadorcillo de Naturales captures the native town official and his authority in mid-nineteenth century colonial Philippine society.
The Indio Labrador documents the native Filipino farmer whose labor sustained agricultural life in the colonial Philippines.
José Honorato Lozano's Ajusticiado documents the colonial justice system and its enforcement in nineteenth-century Philippine society.
José Honorato Lozano's Madre del Beaterio de Santa Rosa y una Pupila captures women's religious life and education in colonial...
José Honorato Lozano's Cura Indio captures the native Filipino priest and his place in colonial Philippine society.
José Honorato Lozano's Indio Mananguetero captures the tuba gatherer and his trade in mid-nineteenth century Philippine society.
José Honorato Lozano's Indios documents the everyday figures of common Filipino life in mid-nineteenth century colonial society.
José Honorato Lozano's Indio Pescador documents a Filipino fisherman and his traditional bamboo fish trap in this 1847 watercolor.
José Honorato Lozano's India de Manila captures an indigenous Filipino woman of the colonial capital in mid-nineteenth century Philippine society.
José Honorato Lozano's Mercaderes Ilocanos captures the commercial life and regional identity of Ilocano traders in mid-nineteenth century Philippines.
Tipos del País, literally "Types of the Country," are 19th-century miniature watercolor paintings that documented the people, dress, and social...
Before photography reached the Philippines, Tipos del País watercolors documented the country's people, dress, and social structure. They remain one...
