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José Guadalupe Posada

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Black-and-white print of a crucified Christ between candlesticks and flower arrangements, with a caption naming the Lord of t

True Portrait of Our Lord of the Hospital

1903

Engraved print of a church interior with columns, arches, a central altar shrine, and worshippers gathered on the stairs.

Interior of the Collegiate Church of Guadalupe

1898

Woodcut broadside of a woman by a barred window with an owl, skull, chains, and a corpse on a bed, above Spanish text.

Guadalupe Bejarano in the Dungeons of Belén Prison

1891

Green broadside print of skeletons as market vendors and customers, with Spanish verse text below.

Calaveras in Abundance at a Fraction of the Price, as Never Before Seen in this whole capital

1903

Woodcut broadside showing a deathbed scene above a block of printed Spanish text announcing a death in 1895.

Sensitive Death

n.d.

Woodcut broadside showing a flood with floating bodies, uprooted trees, a pig and debris, above columns of Spanish text.

Alarming and Terrible Flood, Never Before Seen in Guanajuato!

1905

Posada broadside of an old man in spectacles holding a skull above a pile of skulls, with verse columns and a Grim Reaper fig

Don Pepito Contemplates those present, calaveras of friends and family

1902

Pink broadside with black woodcut of dancing skeletons in dresses and hats beside cemetery crosses, above rows of satirical v

The Lovely Garbanzo-Sellers as Calaveras

1880-1913

Printed broadside of skeleton market vendors selling food, with Spanish verses and a decorative border.

A Humorous Calavera

n.d.

Woodcut of Saint Peter with keys and halo on clouds, sunbeams falling on two pilgrims walking a path below.

Prayer Dedicated to the Shadow of Saint Peter

n.d.

Engraved broadsheet of skeletal artisans at work in red and black, with columns of Spanish verse below.

Calaveras of Artisans

n.d.

Woodcut print of skeletons in a noisy gathering with columns of Spanish verse below, titled Revumbio de Calaveras.

A Noisy Gathering of Calaveras

n.d.

Woodcut of a blindfolded man falling as five soldiers fire rifles, with an officer with a sabre at right.

Details of the Latest Execution

n.d.

Mexican broadside with skeleton figures in dress dancing above and beside columns of Spanish verse.

Calavera Pachuqueña

n.d.

Woodcut broadside of a church altar with candles and the Virgin, with figures before it and columns of Spanish text.

Extraordinary Miracle

n.d.

Woodcut broadside of a sick man lying on a bed in a bare room beside a chamber pot, with Spanish text below.

Death of Aurelio Caballero from Yellow Fever in Veracruz

c. 1892

Woodcut of a dying man in bed attended by a saint, angel and priest, with devils, coins and holy figures in clouds above.

Saint Camilo de Lelis

n.d.

Black and white dice game board with numbered circles, two charro riders on horseback, and a rules panel.

The Charlatan Smugglers Dice Game

n.d.

Posada broadside of a large skeleton pointing at an electric tram of skeletons among skulls in a cemetery, with verse text be

Grand Electric Calavera as a Present to You, A Calavera of Pure Electricity

1907

Woodcut broadside of a collapsing church and buildings during an earthquake, with fleeing figures and Spanish text below.

Ejemplar y ciertisimo suceso en la Republica Mexicana (Exemplary and Truest Success in the Mexican Republic)

1894

Printed bullfight dice game with a spiral of numbered bullfight scenes around a central bullring and crowd.

Bullfight Dice-Game

1898

Posada relief print: a bearded man in top hat surrounded by skeletons and printed verse, headed A. Vanegas Arroyo, 1907.

Here is the Calavera of the Popular Publisher A. Vanegas Arroyo

1907

Printed Game of the Goose board with numbered illustrated spaces, geese, a skull, and a rules text in the centre.

Game of the Goose

1909

Zincograph broadside of a skeleton dressed as Don Juan Tenorio with a sword and plumed hat, framed by Spanish verse.

I Am Don Juan Tenorio

n.d.

Posada broadside 'La Calavera Tourista' with a dancing skeleton among sombrero-wearing figures and columns of verse.

The Tourist Calavera

n.d.

Pink broadside with song lyrics on the left and a woodcut of a woman and a man under the banner El Pagaré.

The Jealous Wife

n.d.

Green chapbook page: left, a list of children's tales; right, a cover showing a man and boy with staffs beside a lion and toa

Little Rosen, the Lions, and the Toad. A Tale

n.d.

Printed folk song broadside with verses and a caricature of a grinning man in a top hat, under an eagle emblem header.

Madero Folk Songs: Even the Ground Trembled

1911

Pink broadside titled La Verbena Mexicana with woodcut scenes of a couple in a garden and two verse dialogue panels.

The Mexican Party

1902

Printed sheet with red cover of Oaxacan Songs showing a church and figures in an oval, beside a text page with ornate borders

Oaxacan Songs

1898

Two-panel 1880 chapbook page: left advertises a printing house with workers at a press, right shows a woman writing with a qu

Patriotic Speeches

1880

Red-ink printed songbook cover, Tango Fatal!, with a woodcut scene of street musicians and a printing shop, Mexico.

Fatal Tango!

1921