Plate 44: soldiers from the regime of Victoriano Huerta herding those who supported Emiliano Zapata and burning their homes, from the portfolio 'Estampas de la revolución Mexicana' (prints of the Mexican Revolution)

Alberto Beltrán|Taller de Gráfica Popular

1947 · Linocut · Drawings and Prints

Plate 44: soldiers from the regime of Victoriano Huerta herding those who supported Emiliano Zapata and burning their homes, from the portfolio 'Estampas de la revolución Mexicana' (prints of the Mexican Revolution) — Alberto Beltrán|Taller de Gráfica Popular

See comment for 1993.1133.1–85. Supporters of the Mexican revolutionary hero Emiliano Zapata were known as Zapatistas. The events shown in this print took place in the state of Morelos in 1911, when the military led by Victoriano Huerta burned the vil-lages of Zapata’s followers.

Artist: Alberto Beltrán|Taller de Gráfica Popular
Date: 1947
Medium: Linocut
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Gift of Norman S. Rothschild, 1993