Plate 16: Emiliano Zapata taken prisoner because of his support for peasants, from the portfolio 'Estampas de la revolución Mexicana' (prints of the Mexican Revolution)

Ignacio Aguirre Mexican
 Publisher Taller de Gráfica Popular, Mexico City Mexican

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See comment for 1993.1133.1–85.

Emiliano Zapata was the leading figure of the Mexican Revolution. He became its hero, serving in much the same way that Che Guevara served the revolutionary generation of the 1960s. Zapata was closely identified with the agrarian struggle, a movement that aspired to improve conditions for people who worked on the land. This print shows him under arrest in 1908 for promoting reforms.

Plate 16: Emiliano Zapata taken prisoner because of his support for peasants, from the portfolio 'Estampas de la revolución Mexicana' (prints of the Mexican Revolution), Ignacio Aguirre (Mexican, San Sebastián, Jalisco 1900–1990 Mexico City), Linocut

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