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.
A Theobroma cacao plate from Flora de Filipinas, documenting the cacao tree central to Filipino chocolate.
A 1945 map of the Philippine islands from the final year of the Second World War.
José Honorato Lozano's Alguacil de Pueblo captures the town constable who maintained order in colonial Philippine towns.
José Honorato Lozano's Capitan Pasado captures the former town official and his standing in the colonial principalía.
José Honorato Lozano's Lechera y Panadero captures the milkmaid and baker of mid-nineteenth century colonial Manila.
José Honorato Lozano’s watercolor illustration documents an Igorot figure from Mayoyao during the Spanish colonial period.
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.
