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Niño Soldado
Agustín CasasolaJune 1914, printed later
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Houston, United States
The Mexican photojournalist Augustín Casasola’s Child Soldier might seem a vivid portrayal of children’s make-believe were it not a true depiction of adulthood thrust too early upon youth, here during the Mexican Revolution: Antonio Gómez Delgado was just ten when he enrolled in Pancho Villa’s Northern Division of the Constitutionalist Army on July 2, 1910.
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- Title: Niño Soldado
- Creator: Agustín Víctor Casasola
- Creator Lifespan: 1874 - 1938
- Creator Nationality: Mexican
- Creator Gender: Male
- Date: June 1914, printed later
- Physical Dimensions: w25.2 x h20.2 cm (sheet)
- Type: Photographs
- External Link: MFAH
- Medium: Gelatin silver print
- Credit Line: The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, gift of Mike and Mickey Marvins
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