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José Guadalupe Posada

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Woodcut broadside showing a vendor and shawled older women beside a man, with Spanish headline and verses about selling mothe

Great Bargain Sale, Selling All Mother-in-Laws

1880-1913

Broadside print of a frantic man surrounded by seven winged monsters labeled with the deadly sins, above columns of Spanish t

Shocking and Terrible Occurrence

n.d.

Woodcut broadside of townspeople viewing large bells beside a cathedral facade, with Spanish verse printed below.

The Bells of the New Courtyard Clock

1905

Hand-colored broadside showing three jockeys racing horses past a flag-topped tower, with a printed newspaper text and progra

The Street Gazette: Grand Inauguration of the New Racetrack Situated on Peñón Hill in Mexico City

December 3, 1893

Yellowed broadside with a large skull and crossbones, skeleton vignettes, and Spanish verse under the title Calavera del Dren

Calavera of Pouring Forth

n.d.

Posada broadsheet with woodcut skeletons in a cemetery above columns of Spanish verse on orange paper.

Arise from Your Graves, Calaveras...

1904

Red broadside with black relief engravings of dancing and drinking skeletons in hats, surrounded by printed verse columns.

Here is the Calavera Folks, of All Good Defenders

n.d.

Mexican broadside print with skeletal calavera figures in dress and dance poses, surrounded by columns of Spanish verse text.

Here is the Calavera, Gentlemen, of all the Little Do-Gooders

n.d.

Yellow broadside by José Guadalupe Posada with printed verses, roses, drummers, a courting couple and a woman with a basket.

All the Little Boys Ask for Their Tarasca

n.d.

Pink printed broadside with a woodcut of dressed animals and a guitar player above two columns of Spanish verse.

Very Extravagant Verses

1903

Posada-style broadside of skeletons playing instruments and holding tools in flames, with verses naming artisans below.

The Artistic Purgatory, Wherein Sprawl the Calaveras of Artists and Artisans

n.d.

Printed broadside with an oval portrait of an elderly man in a high collar, honoring Miguel Hidalgo, framed by decorative bor

Long Live the Glorious 16th of September! Honor and Glory to the Priest from Dolores Don Miguel Hidalgo y Castilla, I…

1899

Mexican broadside with a large central skull and smaller skulls and bones, surrounded by columns of printed Spanish text.

Pantheon of Miscellany

1919

Broadside print of a skeleton horseman with a lance charging over tumbling skeletons, with verse text in Spanish.

This is Don Quixote's, the First, the Matchless, the Giant Calavera

n.d.

Engraved broadside with a large skull of stacked skeletal forms over crossed bones, title La Gran Calavera, and verse columns

The Great Calavera

n.d.

Relief printing block of a skeleton in a sombrero with a mustache and sword, mounted on a wooden base.

Printing block for Calavera of the Masses, no. 2

1910

Woodcut broadside showing mounted police charging a crowd with sabers, with newspaper columns of text below.

Cover of the 'Gaceta Callejera' reporting on the continuation of anti-reelection riots

1892

Pink broadside by José Guadalupe Posada showing a woman and a human-faced hen before a town skyline, with Spanish verse below

Gran Alarma Escandalosa

1904

Printed broadside titled Serafina with song lyrics and a central woodcut of a standing woman in period dress.

Serafina

1914?

Red broadside with black line drawing of a woman surrounded by men in hats, with printed verse and decorative border.

La Mujer de Cien Maridos - Como Alfileres Prendidos

1901

Woodcut broadside portrait of bullfighter Rodolfo Gaona with Spanish text columns and a verse, tan paper, 1909.

La Libertad caucional del Famoso Diestro Rodolfo Gaona. (Famous bullfighter Rodolfo Gaona free on bail.)

1909