Rizal's own story of his life

by José Rizal

A Philippine post card

ILLUSTRATIONS

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• [Rizal’s pencil sketch of himself] 1
• [Rizal at 14] 4
• [Rizal’s painting of his sister Saturnina] 6
• [Rizal’s portrait on Philippine postage and money] 8
• [Rizal’s home, Kalamba] 12
• [Rizal’s mother and two of his sisters] 16
• [Clay model of dog and cayman combat] 17
• [Where Rizal went to school in Biñan] 18
• [Rizal monument, Biñan] 24
• [Santa Rosa Gate, on Biñan-Kalamba road] 26
• [Model of a Dapitan woman at work] 28
• [Rizal’s uncle] 29
• [Rizal’s uncle’s home in Biñan] 30
• [Guardia Civil soldier] 31
• [Rizal’s mother] 33
• [Rizal’s father] 34
• [One of Rizal’s teachers, Terracotta bust by Rizal] 36
• [Padre Sanchez, Rizal’s favorite teacher in the Ateneo] 37
• [Carving of the Sacred Heart, made by Rizal in the Ateneo] 44
• [Wooden bust of Rizal’s father] 45
• [Rizal at 18] 48
• [Rizal’s sacrifice of his life] 57
• [Professor Burgos] 58
• [The lake shore at Kalamba] 60
• [A Manila school girl, drawn by Rizal] 62
• [Rizal in Paris] 64
• [Rizal at 30] 66
• [Crayon portrait of Rizal’s cousin Leonore] 70
• [Dapitan plaza and townhall] 80
• [Wooden medallion of Mrs. José Rizal] 84
• [Chalk pipehead, Rizal’s last modeling] 86
• [Rizal at 27] 90
• [Manila skyline, sketched by Rizal] 92
• [Rizal at 22] 104
• [Rizal at 24] 106
• [Rizal at 26] 108
• [Rizal at 28, from a group picture] 110
• [Rizal at 28, profile] 114
• [Rizal Mausoleum, Luneta, Manila] 118
• [Noli Me Tangere manuscript-cover design, by Rizal] 120
• [El Filibusterismo manuscript-cover, lettered by Rizal] 121
• [Portrait of Rizal at time of finishing El Filibusterismo] 121
• [Los Baños house where El Filibusterismo was begun, drawn by Rizal] 121
• [Diploma of Merit awarded Rizal for allegory “The Council of the Gods”] 123
• [Silver pen prize won by Rizal for poem “To Philippine Youth”] 125
• [Alcohol lamp in which Rizal hid poem “My Last Thought”] 125

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