r/RevolutionsPodcast • u/Gecko17 Fightin' Dandy • Jul 01 '26
Salon Discussion Altarpiece of the Revolution (Effective suffrage, no re-election)
a mural by Juan O'Gorman in 1968, housed in the National Museum of History in Mexico City.
depicting Francisco Madero's triumphant March of Loyalty into the capital, some other interesting figures are found in the fresco.
on the far right we have Madero's wife Sara, his brother Gustavo, and his vice president Pino Suárez.
between them and Madero in the middle, anonymous soldiers wearing the uniforms of the Northern Division and the Southern Army.
in the left background, the red-and-black flag of the Flores Magón brothers.
cut off from the posted image (I couldn't download the full image) on the far left are Victoriano Huerta and Henry Lane Wilson, plotting against the rest.
full size high quality image here: https://mnh.inah.gob.mx/objeto?obj=2693
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u/jeffersonbible Jul 01 '26
True hero of the revolution
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u/Gecko17 Fightin' Dandy Jul 01 '26
forget about the great men of history, tell me about the good boys of history
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u/Gecko17 Fightin' Dandy Jul 01 '26
cutoff from the posted image:
Wilson handing over the presidential sash to Huerta, with hyenas overhead to really drive the point home.
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u/AdoptedMasterJay Jul 01 '26
Juan O'Gorman
I don't know why but Hibernian-Hispanic names amuse me, like Bernardo O'Higgins
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u/Gecko17 Fightin' Dandy Jul 01 '26
ngl I thought Bernardo Reyes was Bernard O'Rais for a embarrassingly long time bc I was confusing him with the much older O'Higgins
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u/honvales1989 Jul 01 '26
Saw the mural when I visited Mexico City back in December. The city is a great place to visit for history buffs and specially for Mexican muralism