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

Horrible Murder!

José Guadalupe Posada, c. 1910

Broadside print of a mourning man beside a grave with a cross, with Spanish funeral verse text around it.

Segunda parte del triste y muy doloroso llanto fúnebre (Second Part of the Sad and Very Painful Funeral Cry)

Attributed to Manuel Manilla, n.d.

Drypoint print of nude figures dancing in a ring with hills and onlookers in the background.

The Round

Auguste Rodin, 1883-84

Printed broadside of popular songs with a woodcut of a bull and matador and decorative floral borders.

El cancionero popular, hoja num. 4 (The Popular Songbook, Sheet No. 4)

Attributed to Manuel Manilla, n.d.

Sketch of three women at a market, one seated by a cart of green produce, others carrying baskets, in charcoal and pastel.

Market Women

Henri-Gabriel Ibels, n.d.

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)

José Guadalupe Posada, n.d.

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

Calavera cismatica (Schismatic Calavera)

José Guadalupe Posada, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of armored warriors on horseback, with a bearded man lifting a nude body amid a battle.

Menelaus Holding the Body of Patroclus

After Giulio Pippi, called Giulio Romano, n.d.

Etching of a nude young man beside a seated woman, with bearded onlookers behind a stone tomb and a serpent-entwined staff.

The Discovery of the Tomb of Punchinello, from Scherzi

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1735-40

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

José Guadalupe Posada, 1915

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

Little Calavera of General Gómez

José Guadalupe Posada, 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

José Guadalupe Posada, September 1911

Etching of a man leaning over a rowboat on a misty river with trees and oars in the foreground.

July

Félicien Rops, n.d.

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

José Guadalupe Posada, 1905

Dark print of an elderly woman in a patterned shawl beside a figure sprawled on the floor, on cream paper.

For You General!

Félicien Rops, n.d.

Etching of a hunt in a wooded landscape with hounds, hunters, grazing cattle and classical ruins on the hills.

Boar Hunt

Gerhard Janssen, 1717

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

José Guadalupe Posada, n.d.

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

The Priestly Calavera

José Guadalupe Posada, n.d.

Etching of nude cherubs around a wooden printing press, with bottles labeled for etching lessons and banners reading Imprimer

The Press

Félicien Rops, 1878

Etching of a smiling older soldier in a feathered shako hat lifting a striped jug over a wooden table.

The Drinker

Félicien Rops, 1867

Red broadside print of a large skeleton pointing to a Panteón sign while top-hatted figures dance and scatter below, with ver

Noisy Assembly of Calavera Dandies and Old Drunks and Laborers and Garbanzo-Sellers

Manuel Manilla, n.d.

Etching of a nude woman lying on a dune while a cloaked figure with a pole stands on a ridge under a stormy sky by the sea.

The Werewolf

Félicien Rops, c. 1867

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

José Guadalupe Posada, 1911

Etching of a seated nude woman reading a book labeled Rimes de Joie, surrounded by cherubs, flowers and drapery.

Frontispiece for Rimes de Joie

Félicien Rops, 1881

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)

José Guadalupe Posada, n.d.

Etching of a nude woman seen from behind beside a mirror, with a fur at her feet and a flower in her hair.

Standing Woman with a Fur

Félicien Rops, 1879

Yellow broadside with song lyrics and a woodcut of a matador standing over a fallen bull in an arena.

The Popular Songbook

Manuel Manilla, n.d.

Print of a reclining nude woman beside a heavy draped curtain, with hands gripping the fabric in the lower corner against a d

The Crimson Curtain

Félicien Rops, n.d.

Dark print of a nude woman reclining on a table beside a candle and a tall harp, with faint lettering above.

At an Atheist Dinner-Party

Félicien Rops, 1882-89

Etching of a nude woman embraced by a horned figure beside a serpent and tree, with Latin inscription, by Félicien Rops.

Temptation or the Apple

Félicien Rops, n.d.