Bound issues of 'El Hijo del Ahuizote' and 'El Coyote'

1880–1885

Not on view

A binding containing issues of the weekly magazine ‘El Hijo del Ahuizote’, richly illustrated throughout and hand coloured covers with caricatures by ‘Fígaro’, a pseudonym for Daniel Cabrera Rivera. The binding also contains issues of ‘El Coyote’, richly illustrated. In the following order we find ‘El Hijo del Ahuizote’: vol. I, no.2, 30 August 1885; vol. I, no.3, 6 September 1885; vol. I, no.4, 13 September 1885; vol. I, no.5, 20 September 1885; no.6, 27 September 1885; no.7, 4 October 1885; no.9, 18 October 1885; no.10, 25 October 1885; no.11, 1 November 1885; no.12, 8 November 1885; no.13, 15 November 1885; no.14, 22 November 1885; no.17, 13 December 1885; no.18, 20 December 1885; no.19, 27 December 1885; no.20, 3 January 1886; no.21, 10 January 1886; no.23, 24 January 1886; no.25, 7 February 1886; no.26, 14 February 1886; no.27, 21 February 1886; no.28, 28 February 1886; no.29, 7 March 1886; no.30, 14 March 1886; no.32, 28 March 1886; no.33, 4 April 1886; no.34, 11 April 1886; no.35,18 April 1886; Vol II, no. 18, 2 January 1887. ‘El Coyote’ Vol I, no 18, 4 July 1880; no 19, 11 July 1880; no 21, 25 July 1880; no 22, 1 August 1880; no 27, 5 September 1880; no 30, 26 September 1880; no 20, 13 July 1880; no 32, 10 October 1880; no 34, 31 October 1880; no 35, 14 November 1880.

‘El Hijo del Ahuizote’ was founded in 1885 by Daniel Cabrera Rivera y Manuel Pérez Bibbins　together with Juan Sarabia. In July 1902 Ricardo y Enrique Flores Magón took over and expanded it. During this period its content and caricatures were in opposition to the repressive regime of Porfirio Díaz.

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Title: Bound issues of 'El Hijo del Ahuizote' and 'El Coyote'
Artist: Daniel Cabrera Rivera (Mexican, 1858–1914)
Date: 1880–1885
Medium: Hand (or stencil) coloured lithographs and letterpress
Dimensions: 12 1/2 × 8 7/8 × 15/16 in. (31.7 × 22.5 × 2.4 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1946
Object Number: 46.46.544
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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