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José Guadalupe Posada

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Black-and-white print of a skeleton in a sombrero and striped serape holding a bottle labeled Agua de Pardal.

Calavera of Francisco Madero, from Calavera Maderista

printed 1944

Woodcut print of a bull charging a tumbling man in a top hat, with an umbrella and cape on the ground below.

Don Chepito

1891

Green broadsheet with twelve skeleton vignettes in couples and comic scenes, with Spanish verses under each image.

The great pantheon of love

ca. 1910-15 (published)

Posada broadside: a large skeleton points at a bus full of skeletal passengers, with a crowd of skulls and a cemetery wall be

The Skeleton of the Buses

c. 1900-10

Black and white print of a lone man facing a line of uniformed soldiers aiming rifles, with smoke rising between them.

Execution by Firing Squad

n.d.

Woodcut of chained souls writhing in flames, reaching toward a barred window above, by José Guadalupe Posada.

Souls in Purgatory

n.d.

Black-and-white print of a priest reading beside a condemned man, a woman, a companion, and an armed soldier in a bare room.

Corrido:The Death Room of a Sentenced Man

n.d.

Black and white print of a man lying dead in a carved bed with lace bedding, hands folded, curtains above.

The Death of General Gonzales

n.d.

Black and white print of a man and woman riding in an early automobile, framed by decorative scrolls and the title El Automov

The Automobile

n.d.

Black and white print of a crowded marching band of men in top hats playing brass instruments like tubas.

The Band

n.d.

Stacked black-and-white caricature figures of bullfighters and grimacing men in woodcut style on pale paper.

Bullfighters

n.d.

Black woodcut of pallbearers carrying a cross-marked coffin, with rows of mourners standing behind on a pale sheet.

The Burial

n.d.

Small black-and-white print of a butcher in a hat weighing meat on a scale beside a bull's head on a table.

The Butcher

n.d.

Black and white print of a man seated in a chair gesturing to two women in a room with a bookcase, titled The Doctor's Office

The Doctor's Office

n.d.

Woodcut of a couple dancing before seated sombrero-wearing musicians with guitars and harp, titled La Típica, Mexico, c. 1894

The "Typical"

c. 1894

Black and white print of five dandies in top hats and suits before a columned facade, with a banner reading Los Lagartijos.

The Dandies

n.d.

Black and white print of a woman on a horse among crosses, with horned devils writhing in a graveyard below.

Devils in the Graveyard

n.d.

Black and white print of a bedroom where a man bends over a pot as a child peeks from under the bed and objects fly.

Pretending to be Ghosts

n.d.

Black and white woodcut of a wild-haired man leaping down stairs as playing cards scatter around him.

Gambler

n.d.

Woodcut print of a street vendor with a sign reading TE VOLVÉ A VER, surrounded by men in top hats and a woman, under a song

I Saw You Again

n.d.

Black-and-white print of a kneeling woman beside a canopied bed with a figure beneath the covers, in a bedroom interior.

Illustration for a Story

n.d.

Black and white print of a smiling clown in ruffled collar and striped trousers, with cover text for El Clown Mexicano No. 6.

Mexican Clown, no 6

n.d.

Wood engraving of a striped-costumed clown with a ruffled collar standing beside an elephant, with title lettering.

Mexican Clown, no. 5

n.d.

Black-and-white print of gendarmes in top hats confronting a seated cloaked figure, with ornate text border advertising a chi

The Police

n.d.

Portrait

n.d.

Woodcut of a skeleton in a cape grabbing a startled bearded man with a walking stick, with the title El Doctor Improvisado.

The Impromptu Doctor

n.d.

Woodcut of a rider with a lance attacking a multi-headed dragon beneath a rearing horse.

Saint George

n.d.

Black and white print of two men sweeping a street with brooms while a crowd in hats watches under an arched doorway.

The Streetcleaners

n.d.

Woodcut print of a large devil face with flames, surrounded by small dancing figures in costume, with Spanish title text abov

The Devil Butts With His Head

n.d.

Black-and-white print of two bearded men in suits toasting with glasses beneath hanging lamps, with seated figures behind the

The Popular Toastmaster

n.d.

Woodcut of a reclining woman with a cherub above her, with printed Spanish text advertising a song collection.

To Die Dreaming

1890s, printed in the 20th century

Woodcut poster of a veterinarian treating a dark horse beside an anvil and horseshoes, with Spanish text advertising the book

The Veterinarian

n.d.

Woodcut of a bearded man in a sombrero beside a locomotive and street scene, with the title De Torreón á Lerdo.

From Torreón to Lerdo

c. 1905

Broadside woodcut of a puppeteer and guitarist performing beside a crowd carrying a Virgin of Solitude procession, with print

Most Holy Virgin of Solitude

published 1903

Broadside showing townspeople looking up at a comet over a town skyline, with Spanish text columns below.

The Comet

1899, published 1910

Yellow broadside with a woodcut of a dandy smoking a cigar beside two figures, above columns of printed Spanish verse.

Hand-me-downs of the Dandies

1890-99

Purple Mexican broadside showing charro men and women watching dancers, with song lyrics and a central spearhead ornament.

The Tap Dance

published c. 1918

Broadside print of a man with a guitar serenading a woman at a window, with a garden, crescent moon and Spanish verses below.

Pretty Girls

c. 1911

Yellow broadside with a woodcut comet over a starry sky and a crowd of figures before a church skyline, with Spanish text.

The Great Halley's Comet

1899, published 1910

Woodcut broadside showing a collapsing building and fleeing figures, with columns of text and a hymn to the Virgin Mary below

El fin del mundo se aproxima (The End of the World is Approaching)

n.d.

Woodcut broadside showing a petatero and a seated tortillera at a street corner altar, with Spanish verse below.

In Honor of the Lord of Wonders

n.d.

Broadside with woodcut of a woman stabbing a man while devils hover, above Spanish text under the title Horrible Murder.

Horrible Murder!

c. 1910

Woodcut broadside showing a devil attacking a man in a sombrero, a kneeling woman, and the Virgin of Guadalupe above, with pr

Horrible suceso (Horrible Incident)

n.d.

Blue broadside with a central skeleton in sombrero, printed verses on both sides, and ornamental skull-decorated borders.

Calavera cismatica (Schismatic Calavera)

n.d.

Red broadside with a pointing skeleton, a skull-filled tram, a heap of skulls at a cemetery wall, and columns of verse.

Calavera of the Masses

1915

Red broadside with a skeletal rider on horseback at center, flanked by verse columns and small skull vignettes.

Little Calavera of General Gómez

n.d.

Printed broadside of skeletal figures in uniforms and hats charging with rifles and flags, above columns of satirical verse.

The Rebel Calavera of the Federal Army, Merchants, and Artisans

September 1911

Posada broadside of skeletons feasting among tombs above columns of verse, with skulls in the corners.

The Mausoleum of All the Calaveras That Are Found in a Heap

1905

Broadside with woodcut of a penitentiary building, tram and street scene, skeletons, skulls and printed verses.

Here is the Calaveron of the Penitentiary. Don't break, old bones, for your day has just arrived

n.d.

Green broadside with a large skeleton, hourglass and bells, and columns of satirical verse titled La Calavera Clerical.

The Priestly Calavera

n.d.

Printed broadside with woodcut of kneeling women praying, verse text in columns, and a decorative border.

Heartfelt Pleas Invoked by the Youth of 40 Years to the Miraculous St. Anthony of Padua Asking for his Consolation

1911

Printed songbook page with song lyrics and a small woodcut of a man looking at a kneeling figure beside a wall.

El cancionero popular, num. 16 (The Popular Songbook, No. 16)

n.d.

Posada broadside of skeletal figures in a graveyard around an RIP coffin, with Spanish verse printed below.

Aquí están las calaveras de Don Folias y el Negrito (Here Are the Calaveras of Don Folias and El Negrito)

n.d.

Tan broadside of skeletal figures carrying a coffin in procession above columns of printed verse and decorative borders.

Calavera de la hora oficial (Calavera of the Official Time)

n.d.

Green-tinted broadside with a woodcut crowd scene, printed verse columns, and a portrait of a man commemorating Mexico's 1910

The Centennial of Mexico's Independence in the Year 1910

n.d.

Broadside with a crowd of caricatured faces above two columns of printed verse, titled La Feria de San Juan de los Lagos.

The San Juan de los Lagos Fair

n.d.

Broadside of a flood in Valle Gómez with a woman, children and men carrying bundles, plus columns of printed text.

Formidable inundación en la colonia Valle Gomez (The Formidable Flood in the Valle Gomez Neighborhood)

n.d.

Yellowed popular songbook broadside with a woodcut of a guitar-playing man beside printed song lyrics and borders.

El cancionero popular, hoja num. 1 (The Popular Songbook, Sheet No. 1)

n.d.

Woodcut broadside showing a bullfighter with capes facing a bull, above columns of printed verses about Lino Zamora.

True Verses about Lino Zamora

1911

Green broadside with a central skeleton in a sombrero surrounded by skeletal crowds and skulls, with Spanish verses below.

Revolutionary Calavera

c. 1910

Green broadside with a woodcut of a seated man at a table and columns of Spanish verse about poverty.

La arranquera (Poverty)

n.d.

Yellowed broadside 'El cancionero popular' No. 17 with printed verse columns and a woodcut figure of a man in a hat.

El cancionero popular, num. 17 (The Popular Songbook, No. 17)

n.d.

Broadside poster with woodcut of a train wreck in mountains, Spanish text and verse about the 1910 Palo Blanco derailment.

The Derailment in Palo Blanco

n.d.

Mexican broadsheet with woodcut scenes of dandies and ragged men beside columns of printed verse.

Hand-me-downs of Dandies

1912