RARE JOSE RIZAL PICTURES & MANUSCRIPTS

THIS YEAR (JUNE 19, 2011), THE PHILIPPINES CELEBRATED THE 150th BIRTHDAY OF DR. JOSE MERCADO RIZAL, ITS NATIONAL HERO & THE PRIDE OF THE MALAY RACE.          For our collectors of historical photos: José Rizal (at the front) with friends Trinidad Hermenegildo Pardo de Tavera (right) and Félix Pardo de Tavera (in the back) posing for a Juan Luna portrait. ---------------------- Juliana Gorricho vda. de Pardo de Tavera (seated at the center with baby Andrés Luna y Pardo de Tavera) with María de la Paz Pardo de Tavera y Gorricho de Luna (standing 2nd from the right) and José Rizal (standing 2nd from the left) -------------------------- José Rizal (standing 1st from the left) and María de la Paz Pardo de Tavera (standing 2nd from the left) and friends ----------------- José Rizal (left) and Friends ---------------------------- Rizal was made a Master Mason on November 15, 1890 at Logia Solidaridad 53 in Madrid , Spain . He affiliated with a lodge under the jurisdiction of Grand Orient of France on October 14, 1891, and was made honorary Worshipful Master of Nilad Lodge No. 144 in 1892. There he delivered a lecture entitled “La Masoneria”. ---------------------- José Rizal's Dapper Look --------------------------------------------- Rizal as a student at the University of Santo Tomas 1879 ------------------------ Rizal, 11 years old, a student at the Ateneo Municipal de Manila ----------------------- Filipino Ilustrados Jose Rizal, Marcelo del Pilar and Mariano Ponce ----------------------------- Dr. Rizal's Professional Card when In Hong Kong -------------------------- Sculpture by Rizal when a mere student "The Power of Science over Death" ------------------------- Photograph Of The Original "La Liga Filipina" (below) Note the erasures and the abbreviations intended to be used instead of the real names in Rizal's handwriting. ____________________ ----------------------- Photograph Of The Original "Mi Ultimo Adios" Below) There was some argument whether this was the original because as you will note, there were no erasures and the grammar was flawless. It was determined such was Rizal’s concentration in the eve of his death that his writing came straight from his soul. ----------------------------------