La Ilustración Filipina was a Spanish language illustrated newspaper published weekly (semanario) in Manila from 1891 until 1905. Established by Don Miguel Zaragoza, a renowned painter and writer served as its first editor illustrator featuring articles about politics, science, arts, history, local and international news. Although critical of its content and appearance, Wenceslao Retana in his El Periodismo Filipino calls it “an organ of progressives.” This number interestingly features Governor General Ramon Blanco Erenas, governor general of the Philippines from 1893 to 1896. by LARS RAYMUND C. UBALDO, PH.D.
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La Ilustración Filipina II
Excmo. Sr. D. Ramon Blanco Erenas, Marquess
of Peña Plata Gobernador General de las
Islas Filipinas
12 1/4" x 7 5/8" (31 cm x 19 cm)
SOLD: PHP 10,512
Provenance:
Don Pedro Alejandro Paterno (1857– 1911) and
Doña Luisa Piñeyro de Lugo y Merino (Sra de Paterno, d. 1897)