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

Very Terrible Example!

José Guadalupe Posada, 1910

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

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José Guadalupe Posada, n.d.

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

Verses of Valentin Mancera

José Guadalupe Posada, n.d.

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

Cupid's Calavera

José Guadalupe Posada, 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

José Guadalupe Posada, 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

José Guadalupe Posada, 1910

Dark etching of a dense crowd gathered before lit shop windows, some figures holding sheets of paper, by Steinlen.

Street Singers

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen, 1902

Sepia print of two nude figures reclining diagonally across the sheet, drawn with loose contour lines.

Two Nude Models

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen, 1902

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)

José Guadalupe Posada, n.d.

Etching of a black cat crouching with an arched back on a ledge, its tail curling to the right, against a pale background.

Cat Arching Its Back

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen, 1898

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

Corrido of A Brave Oaxacan

José Guadalupe Posada, 1911

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

Calavera of the Masses, no. 2

José Guadalupe Posada, c. 1910

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

Pachuquenian Calavera

José Guadalupe Posada, 1894

Sepia etching of three women with upswept hair leaning together, with pedestrians on a street behind them.

Three Working Girls Out for Lunch

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen, 1900

Etching of two cats curled together on a cushion, one dark and one light, with fine hatched lines.

Two Cats on a Cushion

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen, 1914

Etching of a herdsman leading two cows along a dirt road past a tree and open fields.

The Two Cows

Jean-François Millet, c. 1847

Lithograph of a top-hatted man in a long coat reaching toward a sleeve, with an elderly man with cane and a woman nearby.

One Robs on the Side of the Law

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen, December 1898

Black and white poster of a crowd of men in top hats lit by a raised torch, with printed lecture announcement text on the lef

L'Idée Nouvelle

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen, February 1898

Etching of a standing man with a pole and two stooping figures on a sandy shore beneath hatched, rayed skies.

The Seaweed Gatherers

Jean-François Millet, c. 1847

Etching of a woman in a headscarf sewing while seated in a room with a latticed window and wooden chair.

A Woman Sewing

Jean-François Millet, 1855

Etching of a woman in a headscarf churning butter in a tall wooden churn beside a cat, with baskets on a bench behind.

A Woman Churning

Jean-François Millet, 1855

Dark nocturnal street scene with glowing lamps, a bearded man in a top hat in the foreground and dancing women behind him.

Paris, Night

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen, 1903

Lithograph of miners in caps walking in a line across a smoky industrial landscape, with a woman in dark dress at left.

Coming out of the mine

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen, 1907

Pale line drawing of a man in a hat leaning on a spade against a dark smudged background, on cream paper.

Man Resting On His Spade

Jean-François Millet, n.d.

Poster of a night street scene with a guitarist and singers holding sheet music, with red lettering reading Chansons de Montm

Chansons de Montmartre

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen, 1899

Dark etching of two figures in a dim interior, one cradling a bundle by candlelight, the other leaning in shadow.

The Vigil

Jean-François Millet, 1856

Lithograph of four women in black mourning veils beside a coffin draped with a blue, white and red flag and palm fronds.

Glory

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen, 1915

Etching of a farmer stretching in an open field at dusk, with a plow, a horse and rider, and a crescent moon.

Evening

Jacques-Adrien Lavieille, 1860

Etching of a crowd of refugees, women and children carrying bundles, walking across a bleak landscape under a dark sky.

Before the Invasion

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen, September 1915

Engraving of a laborer asleep in a field beside a haystack, with a cart and grazing cow in the distance.

Noon

Jacques-Adrien Lavieille, 1860