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.
  • First apparition of Zé Povinho in A Lanterna Mágica magazine, 12 June 1875
    First apparition of Zé Povinho in A Lanterna Mágica magazine, 12 June 1875
  • Zé Povinho in A Lanterna Mágica, 1875
    Zé Povinho in A Lanterna Mágica, 1875
  • Zé Povinho in the O António Maria magazine, 1880
    Zé Povinho in the O António Maria magazine, 1880
  • Colour drawing of Zé Povinho, 1882
    Colour drawing of Zé Povinho, 1882
  • Zé Povinho and his creator caricatured in the Airport Station of the Lisbon Metro, 2012
    Zé Povinho and his creator caricatured in the Airport Station of the Lisbon Metro, 2012

References
  1. "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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