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José Guadalupe Posada

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Broadside with calavera verse, two skeleton figures in dress, and a skeletal funeral procession carrying a coffin below.

Calavera: Historica-Religiosa (Calavera: Historic-Religious)

n.d.

Broadsheet with a caricature of a departing man, a waving crowd, and columns of Spanish verse in black ink on green paper.

¡Adiós, adiós! El último corrido de la despedida de Chonforo Vico (Goodbye, Goodbye! The Last Ballad of Chonforo Vico…

n.d.

Pink broadside with two columns of verse and a woodcut of men in a tavern, headed Corrido del diestro Banderillero Antonio So

Corrido del diestro Banderillero Antonio Soriano (a) Maera Chico (Ballad of the Skilled Bullfighter Antonio Soriano,…

n.d.

Broadside with a woodcut of a woman in a long dress surrounded by men in hats, above columns of printed verse.

La mujer con cien maridos como alfileres prendidos (The women with hundreds of husbands like pins on fire)

n.d.

Pink broadside with woodcut of a man holding a glass beside a table with bottles, above Spanish song lyrics.

The Final Note

n.d.

Red broadside with woodcut scene of a man in sombrero among onlookers, above columns of Spanish verse.

El valiente costeño (The Brave Man from the Coast)

n.d.

Printed songbook broadside No. 5 with ornate lettering, song text, and an oval portrait of a young man with a halo.

El cancionero popular, num. 5 (The Popular Songbook, No. 5)

n.d.

Orange broadside with Spanish verses and a woodcut of dressed animals in a lively gathering, by José Guadalupe Posada.

Versos muy extravagantes (Very Extravagant Verses)

n.d.

Printed broadside of folk songs with a woodcut of a man in a sombrero holding a bottle and glass, dated 1910.

El cancionero popular, num. 18 (The Popular Songbook, No. 18)

1910

Broadside with woodcut of a matador with a cape facing a bull, above columns of verse about Lino Zamora.

Legitimos versos de Lino Zamora (Legitimate Verses of Lino Zamora)

n.d.

Green broadside titled El cancionero popular with a woodcut of marching men and columns of printed song lyrics.

El cancionero popular, num. 9 (The Popular Songbook, No. 9)

n.d.

Printed broadside El Cancionero Popular no. 14 with woodcut illustrations of figures and musical instruments beside song lyri

El cnacionero popular, num. 14 (The Popular Songbook, no. 14)

n.d.

Printed songbook page, No. 8, with song lyrics and a woodcut of a man and woman beside the title La Cajita.

El cancionero popular, num. 8 (The Popular Songbook, No. 8)

n.d.

Mexican songbook broadside with printed song lyrics and a woman in a patterned dress illustration.

El cancionero popular, num. 3 (The Popular Songbook, No. 3)

n.d.

Broadside print with a central skeleton wearing a flowered hat, above rhyming Spanish verses in columns and a decorative bord

Calaveras of the Cucaracha: A Party in the Afterlife

n.d.

Woodcut broadside of a woman attacking a man as onlookers react, with Spanish verses in two columns.

Dispute of Spouses who are Always Angry

1913

Broadside with woodcut of kneeling women praying to San Antonio de Padua, surrounded by printed verses in two columns.

Heartfelt Pleas

1890-99

Two-page broadside with woodcut of an accused man before a judge and gendarmes, with printed text and verse columns.

Murder of Don Francisco Aguirre

n.d.

Relief print of skeletons in period clothing dancing beside a barrel, with rows of satirical verse below, by José Guadalupe P

Gift from Calaveras

1910

Orange broadside with a woodcut of sombrero-wearing men among trees above two columns of Spanish verse.

New Verses from Carlos Coronado

1910

Printed songbook broadside with a woodcut of a man playing guitar, columns of song lyrics, and decorative borders.

The Popular Songbook, no. 6

n.d.

Woodcut of horned devils carrying off a woman amid flames, above columns of Spanish text on a 1910 broadsheet.

Very Terrible Example!

1910

Woodcut broadside of a horseman with raised sword on a rearing horse, above printed verses announcing the criminal Ignacio Pa

Already the Authority...

n.d.

Broadside with woodcut scenes of a guitarist and soldiers above columns of printed verse about Valentín Mancera.

Verses of Valentin Mancera

n.d.

Broadside of Cupid's Calavera showing rows of skeleton figures in period clothing, each with a printed verse below.

Cupid's Calavera

n.d.

Posada broadside of a bearded man in a top hat surrounded by reading skeletons and printed books, with verse text.

The Calavera of the Peoples' Editor Antonio Vanegas Arroyo

1902

Broadside print showing a couple embracing beside a cavern of demons and flames, with columns of printed Spanish text.

Unusual Occurence! An Evil Spirit in the Form of a Beautiful Woman

1910

Printed songbook sheet with woodcut illustrations of figures and columns of song lyrics on pink paper.

El cancionero popular, hoja num. 14 (The Popular Songbook, Sheet No. 14)

n.d.

Woodcut broadside showing uniformed soldiers marching beside a building above printed Spanish verse, titled Corrido de un val

Corrido of A Brave Oaxacan

1911

Woodcut broadside of a skeleton in a sombrero and serape playing guitar, flanked by printed verse columns.

Calavera of the Masses, no. 2

c. 1910

Red relief print of dancing skeletons in hats and dresses above columns of Spanish verse, by José Guadalupe Posada.

Pachuquenian Calavera

1894

Printed lottery game sheet with a grid of black-and-white illustrated cards showing animals, objects and figures on tan paper

Lottery Game

1880-1913