Zé Povinho
Zé Povinho is the cartoon character of a Portuguese everyman created in 1875 by Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro. He became first a symbol of the Portuguese working-class people, and eventually into the unofficial personification of Portugal.[1]

Zé Povinho in Caldas da Rainha porcelain.
Gallery
- First apparition of Zé Povinho in A Lanterna Mágica magazine, 12 June 1875
- Zé Povinho in A Lanterna Mágica, 1875
- Zé Povinho in the O António Maria magazine, 1880
- Colour drawing of Zé Povinho, 1882
- Zé Povinho and his creator caricatured in the Airport Station of the Lisbon Metro, 2012
References
- "O "Zé Povinho" de Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro". Ensina RTP. 2011. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
- Estudos em Homenagem a Jorge Borges de Macedo, Lisbon, INIC, 1992
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