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Two-part Mexican broadside with engraved portraits of General Zaragoza and General Porfirio Díaz and printed Spanish text.

The Battle of May 5, 1862: The Great Triumph of Mexico over France!

José Guadalupe Posada, 1888/1910

Green broadside of Mexican song lyrics with a woodcut of a hatted man playing guitar at center.

I Love You So Much

José Guadalupe Posada, n.d.

Letterpress broadside with a central woodcut of a woman, flanked by Spanish song lyrics under the title Maria la Traidora.

Maria the Traitor

José Guadalupe Posada, n.d.

Woodcut broadside showing a man raising a club over a fallen figure as a woman watches, with Spanish headline text below.

Horrible Crime Committed by Juan Riesca

José Guadalupe Posada, n.d.

Yellow broadside with woodcut crowd scene above three columns of Spanish verse about the 1913 Mexican Revolution.

Merry Verse about the Mexican Revolution

José Guadalupe Posada, 1913

Pink broadside with woodcut of a bicycle rider and tumbling men in sombreros above printed verse, by José Guadalupe Posada.

The Bicycle

José Guadalupe Posada, 1895

Pink broadside with woodcut of a robed female figure, soldiers with flags and drums, and columns of Spanish song text.

Triumphant Cuba

José Guadalupe Posada, n.d.

Green broadside with a woodcut of three men in sombreros and Spanish verses below, titled Asombro de Guanajuato.

The Fear of Guanajuato!

José Guadalupe Posada, n.d.

Broadside showing a mounted man in a hat leading armed men in sombreros, with a flag behind and Spanish verses below.

Great Triumphal March

José Guadalupe Posada, 1911

Pink broadside with woodcut of dancing couples in sombreros and a harpist, above columns of Spanish song lyrics.

Jarocho Corridor

José Guadalupe Posada, n.d.

Woodcut broadside of a man standing by a bed with a girl lying on it, under the headline Crimen Nunca Visto, with Spanish tex

Crime Never Before Seen! (Tomás Sanchez)

José Guadalupe Posada, 1902

Broadside print of a woman beside an anthropomorphic duck in a garden, with a town skyline and Spanish verse text below.

To Hear the Sad Cries of the baby Duck with Teresa

José Guadalupe Posada, n.d.

Broadside woodcut of a seated landowner gesturing at bull horns while priests and workers look on, with money bundles on a ta

Moral Lesson and Most Certain Event

José Guadalupe Posada, n.d.

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

José Guadalupe Posada, 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

José Guadalupe Posada, 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

José Guadalupe Posada, 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

José Guadalupe Posada, December 3, 1893

Woodcut broadside of a charro on horseback placing banderillas on a bull, with Spanish verse text in columns below.

Glorious Success of Ponciano Díaz and His Brave Charros in the Bull Rings of Madrid

Manuel Manilla, 1889

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

Calavera of Pouring Forth

José Guadalupe Posada, n.d.

Printed broadside with a skeleton in a sombrero and suit holding tequila, a second skeleton behind him, and columns of verse.

Calavera Tapatia

Attributed to Manuel Manilla, n.d.

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

Arise from Your Graves, Calaveras...

José Guadalupe Posada, 1904

Printed broadside with a large skull, verse columns, and small skeleton vignettes about the Guanajuato flood.

The Horrible Calavera of the Flooding of Guanajuato

Manuel Manilla, 1900/10

Green broadside with a skeleton in a sombrero raising a glass beside a tequila bottle, flanked by columns of verse.

Calavera Tapatia

Manuel Manilla, n.d.

Yellowed broadsheet print of skeletons and calaveras in a cemetery, with a towering skeleton and Spanish verses below.

Flood of Calaveras!

Manuel Manilla, n.d.

Woodcut broadside of two skeletons fencing in a graveyard beside tombstones, with Spanish verse text below.

I Am Don Juan Tenorio

Manuel Manilla, n.d.

Pink broadside with woodcut of two men in a rowboat, one playing guitar, beside a palm tree and crescent moon, with song lyri

The Calm Evening

Manuel Manilla, n.d.

Woodcut broadside of a woman raising a chair to strike a man who recoils, with Spanish verse printed below.

Now My Old Mother-in-Law...

Manuel Manilla, n.d.

Pink broadside woodcut of a woman raising a chair at a man in a room, with Spanish verse dialogue printed below.

My Old Mother-in-Law is Always Ready to Scold without Any Reason

Manuel Manilla, n.d.

Green broadside with woodcut street scene of crowd beneath a lamp post, headed Electric Light Arrives, with verse columns.

Electric Light Arrives

Manuel Manilla, 1900

Blue broadside with woodcut of a kneeling woman beside a reclining figure under a bare tree and crescent moon, above printed

Sad and Lamentable Cry of a Poor Little Orphan

Manuel Manilla, n.d.