Inmemorables recuerdos de la plaza de toros en Mixcoac, inauguración v...
Broadside shows a matador challenging a bull in three vignettes. The text conveys a exciting run of bullfights in which six bulls are brought out onto the plaza and four bullfighters are injured. The second tex... More
Muestras para bordados, plancha número 15, Jose Guadalupe Posada
Print shows embroidery patterns for large elaborate letters with floral motif ("O" through "T") and Arabic numbers ("1" through "0"). Testamentaría de Antonio Vanegas Arroyo. Calle de Santa Teresa Número 40. Mé... More
![Letra arreglada al popular walls [i.e. vals] Alejandra](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTgvbGV0cmEtYXJyZWdsYWRhLWFsLXBvcHVsYXItd2FsbHMtaWUtdmFscy1hbGVqYW5kcmEtNWFlNGIwLTEwMjQuanBn/40/58/webp "Letra arreglada al popular walls [i.e. vals] Alejandra")
Letra arreglada al popular walls [i.e. vals] Alejandra
Broadside shows a full-length figure of a woman wearing a shawl and hands on her hips. The accompanying text is a love song that uses the garden of Eden as its metaphor. Another song titled "Modern song dedicat... More
Ayes de dolor profundo que da un huérfano afligido que a sus padres ha...
Broadside shows grief-stricken boy leaning against coffin. The text conveys the lamentations of a young man, who in losing his parents, finds himself in an orphanage. A second text in verse on the verso is tit... More
Los novios - Print, Library of Congress collection
Chapbook cover shows scene from a play: two men wearing bowlers stand in a street, one has a cane, the other a violin. The violinist casts his gaze toward a woman watching them from a second-story balcony. The ... More
La calavera del editor popular Antonio Vanegas Arroyo
Broadside shows the skeleton of publisher Antonio Vanegas Arroyo dressed in a bowler hat, dark glasses and a suit and sporting a long beard and mustache, standing in his print shop. Small skeletons work at aspe... More
El purgatório artístico, en el que yacen las calaveras de los artistas...
Broadside shows the second level of hell, in which the calaveras of artists and artisans hold objects relating to their profession, including musical instruments, a palette, and paper. Below the main image, the... More
La arranquera, esto si que es grande apuro ya no se consigue un duro
Uncut broadside shows gentleman seated beside writing desk and smaller male figures. The text conveys the problems of scarcity of money and of poverty--hunger--and lists the different foods that one could eat i... More
La vida de un soldado - A poster with a picture of a man holding a bas...
Broadside, on recto, shows a revolutionary soldier with hands above head holding on to an object, perhaps part of a rifle. This ballad conveys the sentiment of a soldier fighting in the Mexican Revolution in wh... More
Loa dicha por una cocinera y un aguador, en honor de Nuestra Señora de...
Broadside, on recto, shows a woman with a shawl over her head and man with water jugs at his feet. On the verso is an image of a Madonna with a snake, partial globe, and cherubs at her feet. Cherubs also appear... More
El placer de la niñez colección de monólogos pasión eterna
Chapbook cover shows a scene from the play: a woman sitting in a garden in a pensive pose. The text inside the pamphlet expounds on the love and longing by Eloise for Ernesto, her lover. Front cover: Puelicados... More
Nuevo y divertido pleito de otra suegra con su yerno
Broadside shows an angry woman attemping to hit a man, her son-in-law, with a round object, possibly a plate. There is another man standing outside the door entrance. There are various scattered objects on the ... More
La horrorosa calavera de la inundación de Guanajuato - Manuel Manilla
Broadside shows a large skull with several small skulls and skeletons on the recto and verso. The smaller images of skulls and skeletons are shown with corresponding objects conveying some attribute to a type o... More
La Calavera Sevillana, esta hermosa calavera que fue de un grande tore...
Broadside shows a skull decorated with the implements and costume of bullfighting. Small skulls and skeletons decorate the borders. The text in calavera verse conveys a listing of the better known bullfighters ... More
Baturrico canción española. Mari-Mari
Broadside shows full-length figure of a female performer, and masthead illustration. The text consists of two love songs: "Baturrico canción española" and "Mari-Mari." Regst. conforme a la Ley, por la Test. de ... More
El prisionero de San Juan de Ulúa
Broadside has a masthead illustration and a decorative border separating the text. The text consists of two songs: "The prisoner of San Juan of Ulúa" which conveys the longing of a prisoner who wants to be set ... More
La calavera del editor popular Antonio Vanegas Arroyo
Broadside shows the skeleton of publisher Antonio Vanegas Arroyo dressed in a bowler hat, dark glasses and a suit and sporting a long beard and mustache, standing in his print shop. Small skeletons work at aspe... More
Suicidio causado por envenenamiento y celos de dos señoritas en el bos...
Broadside, on recto, shows full-length figure of a man pointing left toward the first word in the title, "suicidio." The text conveys the suicide poisoning of two young girls in Chapultepec Park. The girls, who... More
El amor de madre, no hay cosa como la madre en la vida transitoria; qu...
Broadside, on recto, has an image of a mother kneeling with a dog at her side which she appears to be keeping from her child as he plays on the floor. The text, in verse, pays homage to the love and tenderness ... More
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Por finjir [sic] espantos diálogo cómico en un acto
Chapbook cover shows a scene from a play: a man sits on the edge of a bed, hunched over, with his hand in a chamber pot. A child, under the bed, pushes the man's bottom with a broom. There are also two brushes ... More
Los gendarmes - Print, Library of Congress collection
Chapbook cover shows scene from a play: two gentleman and a policeman confront a woman street vendor and a drunk wearing a sombrero. Corn is shown in front of the woman on a small table. The script relates a br... More
Suspiros de los angeles - Manuel Manilla
Broadside shows masthead with musical instruments, sheet music, and books and two cherubs on recto. The text consist of three love songs: "Angels sighing," "The same as yesterday," and "The zenzontle." On the v... More
El niño afortunado; El grillito valeroso
Two un-cut sheets for two chapbooks, each containing a children's story eight pages long. The eight pages for each of these two stories are divided between the two uncut printed sheets. The two sheets contain i... More
Dios me libre del demonio, de un escribano sin juez, y de un muchacho ...
Broadside shows full-length figure of a man with mustache and derby. The text in verse in the style of a religious prayer is asking God to intercede to prevent certain ridiculous things from occurring. Imprenta... More
Verdadera imagen del Sr. de la Salud que se venera en Mezuititlán de l...
Broadside shows a crucifix flanked by statuettes of angels. The ornate border contains a small winged angel bust at the top. On the verso there is story of a husband and wife who are cured from a grave illness ... More
Viva la república! Viva el Cura Hidalgo! Una página de gloria
Broadside shows bust portrait of Father Miguel Hidalgo in an oval medallion at center of sheet. Text surrounds the image in a square, celebrating Mexican Independence. On the verso are two images of Mexican sol... More
Corrido de Reyes Ruiz. Corrido de Martín Herrera
Broadside shows simple ornamental border dividing the text which, in verse, consists of two ballads. The "Ballad of Reyes Ruiz," by Epigmenio Gonzales, conveys the killing of Ruiz on the eve of a Dieciseis de S... More
Juego de la oca, Jose Guadalupe Posada
Gameboard shows 63 numbered spaces, or "casillas," each illustrated with people, birds, animals, and objects, arranged in a spiral toward the center. The four corners, outside the game, show scenes of children ... More
![[Gran calavera eléctrica] - Print, Library of Congress collection](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDMvZ3Jhbi1jYWxhdmVyYS1lbGVjdHJpY2EtZjg5MWU5LTEwMjQuanBn/40/25/webp "[Gran calavera eléctrica] - Print, Library of Congress collection")
[Gran calavera eléctrica] - Print, Library of Congress collection
Print shows large skeleton hypnotizing a group of skulls and a sitting skeleton; an electric street car, with skeletons as passengers, is in the background. This image is identical to the image used in the uppe... More
Muestras para bordados, plancha número 32, Jose Guadalupe Posada
Print shows embroidery patterns for large elaborate letters with floral motif ("N" through "Z"). Testamentaría de Antonio Vanegas Arroyo. Calle de Santa Teresa Número 40. México, D.F. Gift; Joyce Bailey; 1979; ... More
Muestras para bordados, plancha número 30, Jose Guadalupe Posada
Print shows embroidery patterns for elaborate letters ("A" through "Z"), monograms, and decorative flowal motifs, including instructions "for marking undergarments." Testamentaría de Antonio Vanegas Arroyo. Cal... More
Lamentos que dirige un huérfano ya desvalido al encontrarse en el mund...
Broadside shows a boy placing a wreath on a grave. The text, in verse, conveys the misfortunes befalling any orphan, from the lack of love and kindness to being in the street homeless. A poem titled "Maternal l... More
La calavera del editor popular Antonio Vanegas Arroyo
Broadside shows the skeleton of publisher Antonio Vanegas Arroyo dressed in a bowler hat, dark glasses and a suit and sporting a long beard and mustache, standing in his print shop. Small skeletons work at aspe... More
Viva Pascual Orozco valiente luchador y fiel amante de rasgar la caret...
Broadside, on recto, has a full-length photographic image of Pascual Orozco facing forward. He is a soldier with a rifle at his side. The text, in verse, speaks of Orozco as a true patriot. Orozco was central t... More
Viva Pascual Orozco valiente luchador y fiel amante de rasgar la caret...
Broadside, on recto, has a full-length photographic image of Pascual Orozco facing forward. He is a soldier with a rifle at his side. The text, in verse, speaks of Orozco as a true patriot. Orozco was central t... More
Los celos del negro con D. Folias
Chapbook cover shows scene from a play: a man with a gun stoops before a black man who is wearing a sombrero and holding a knife. A policeman runs towards both of them. The script concerns the murders of a blac... More
Caricature, Los chascos de un licenciado, public domain cartoon image
Chapbook cover shows scene from a play: a room in which one man is chasing another with a club and a third man is on the floor with arms raised. The script tells of the misunderstandings between a lawyer and hi... More
Pleito de la suegra con su yerno. Ya la vieja de mi suegra nomás quier...
Broadside shows an angry woman hitting a man with a chair. The room is in disarray with objects scattered. A woman peers around a door. The text concerns a dialog between the mother-in-law and a son-in-law. Bot... More
Verdaderos versos de Macario Romero
Broadside includes portrait of military leader Macario Romero on horseback and Indians wearing feathered headdresses in the background. The text tells of the murder of Romero by his girlfriend's father and spea... More
![[Altar de la Virgen de Guadalupe]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDgvYWx0YXItZGUtbGEtdmlyZ2VuLWRlLWd1YWRhbHVwZS1hMTMxNzAtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/33/webp "[Altar de la Virgen de Guadalupe]")
[Altar de la Virgen de Guadalupe]
Restrike print shows an image of Our Lady of Guadalupe on an altar surrounded by potted plants and candles. Attributed to Antonio Vanegas Arroyo (Firm) as publisher. Gift; Joyce Bailey; 1979; (DLC/PP-1979:228.007b).
Canción del rosal - Print, Library of Congress collection
Broadside shows bust-length figure of a girl, landscape in the distance and a small ribbon-like imprint the reads "Correo mayor imprenta Guerrero num 101." There are four songs on this broadside: "The song of t... More
Lamentos que dirige un huérfano ya desvalido al encontrarse en el mund...
Broadside shows a boy placing a wreath on a grave. The text, in verse, conveys the misfortunes befalling any orphan, from the lack of love and kindness to being in the street homeless. A poem titled "Maternal l... More
El destierro - Print, Library of Congress collection
Broadside shows full-length figure of a man with slumped shoulders wearing unusual hat, perhaps the exile of the title song, as well as a masthead illustration. The text is a ballad conveying the tribulations o... More
Suicidio causado por envenenamiento y celos de dos señoritas en el bos...
Broadside, on recto, shows full-length figure of a man pointing left toward the first word in the title, "suicidio." The text conveys the suicide poisoning of two young girls in Chapultepec Park. The girls, who... More
La santisisma Virgen de Sn. Juan de los Lagos
Broadside shows the statue of Our Lady of San Juan de los Lagos on the recto. Two cherubs hold a scroll above her head that reads, translated from the Latin, "Immaculate mother pray for us." This image of Our L... More
Unas lindas mañanitas, a las muchachas bonitas, levàntate mamacita, qu...
Broadside has two separate images: a man serenading two women from the street upper center, and a full-length figure of a gentleman tipping his top hat lower center. The text on the front and on the verso is th... More
Nuevas coplas del Chún-Chín-Chán! El charamusquero
Broadside shows male and female performers lined up on a stage. The text consists of three songs: "The candy twist dance" which is in nonsense verse, "The polichinela" written also in nonsense verse, and "The s... More
Esta es la segunda parte de los versos a Ponciano y un recuerdo de sus...
Broadside shows full-length figure of Ponciano Díaz. The text in verse eulogizes his bullfighting talent. Díaz died on April 15, 1899. Imprenta de Antonio Vanegas Arroyo, Calle de Santa Teresa núm. 1. México. P... More
Caricature, Los chascos de un licenciado, public domain cartoon image
Chapbook cover shows scene from a play: a room in which one man is chasing another with a club and a third man is on the floor with arms raised. The script tells of the misunderstandings between a lawyer and hi... More
Pleito de la suegra con su yerno
Broadside shows an angry woman about to crack a man's skull with a chair. The room is in disarray with objects scattered around. A woman peers behind a door on left. The text concerns a dialog between the mothe... More
Juego de lotería - Print, Library of Congress collection
Gameboard or gaming pieces for a lottery game, with thirty-eight blocks of illustrations. Each block is an contains a named object, in Spanish. No instructions appear on this gameboard. Publicado por la Test. d... More
Terrible y verdadera noticia del espantoso ejemplar ocurrido con Norbe...
Broadside shows a woman with a knife stabbing her elderly father as her dead mother lies in the background. The text conveys the tale of Norberta Reyes, whose parents could not control her. She runs away with a... More
![[Altar de la Virgen de Guadalupe]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjYvYWx0YXItZGUtbGEtdmlyZ2VuLWRlLWd1YWRhbHVwZS1mZTkxYmYtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/34/webp "[Altar de la Virgen de Guadalupe]")
[Altar de la Virgen de Guadalupe]
Restrike print shows an image of Our Lady of Guadalupe on an altar surrounded by potted plants and candles. Title devised. Attributed to Antonio Vanegas Arroyo (Firm) as publisher. Gift; Joyce Bailey; 1979; (DL... More
La calavera de Don Juan Tenorio, Jose Guadalupe Posada - Manuel Manill...
Broadside shows a graveyard in which two skeletons are fencing each other, while another lies on the ground dead, and a fourth peeks from behind a tombstone. There are two small skulls, a small bird creature, a... More
Calaveras del montón, número 2, Jose Guadalupe Posada
Broadside shows the skeleton of a drunken peon wearing a sombrero, serape, and sandals, holding a bottle of Aguardiente de Parras--a reference to Madero's family's maguey plantation and distillery operation. Th... More
Calaveras, revelación de ultra tumba del espíritu de Francisco Villa
Broadside shows bust portrait of Francisco Villa and two small skulls. It also shows two skeletons in Asian dress. The borders on this broadside include ivy, roses, holly, and on the four corners each has a dev... More
Esta es de Don Quijote la primera, la sin par la gigante calavera
Broadside depicting a calavera of Don Quixote riding an equally skeletal horse. He charges other skeletons with his lance. They are trampled, flee in fear and fly into the air. A second image below that of Don ... More
El entierro de Zapata - Public domain portrait print
Broadside, on recto, shows full-length portrait of Emiliano Zapata holding a rifle. Zapata was the most influential revolutionary hero from southern Mexico. He disagreed with Madero's vague policy of land redis... More
La inundación de Guanajuato y su causa verdadera
Broadside, on recto, has image of people struggling in flood waters, with town and mountainside in background. The text refers to the flood in Guanajuato, which occurred on Friday, June 30, 1905, and killed mor... More
Aventuras de un catrin por amar a una casada
Broadside shows, on recto, a sad man sitting on a mattress thinking about a woman. The text conveys the story of a man who got caught in bed with another man's wife and was taken to court and sentenced to jail.... More
Los gendarmes - Print, Library of Congress collection
Chapbook cover shows scene from a play: two gentleman and a policeman confront a woman street vendor and a drunk wearing a sombrero. Corn is shown in front of the woman on a small table. The script relates a br... More
Legítimos versos de Lino Zamora traidos del Real de Zacatecas
Broadside shows a banderillero (person who wounds a bull with decorated spikes during a bullfight) challenging a bull on recto, and spectators at a bullfight on the verso. The verse conveys the death of Lino Za... More
Lamentos que dirige un huérfano ya desvalido al encontrarse en el mund...
Broadside shows a boy placing a wreath on a grave. The text, in verse, speaks of all the misfortune befalling any orphan, from lack of love and tenderness to being out on the street homeless. There is also a po... More
San Judas Tadeo - Print, Library of Congress collection
Broadside, on recto, shows full-length figure of San Judas Tadeo (Saint Jude) with a church in the background. Two images, one of the Holy Child of Atocha and one of Saint Jude Tadeo, appear on the verso with t... More
Los charros contrabandistas. Juego de dados
Gameboard for dice game of the cowboy smugglers shows Mexican cowboys in charro outfits on horseback, lassoing the 64 spaces on the board. The accompanying text, upper right, provides the rules for the game. Im... More
La horrorosa calavera de la inundación de Guanajuato - Manuel Manilla
Broadside shows a large skull with several small skulls and skeletons on the recto and verso. The smaller images of skulls and skeletons are shown with corresponding objects conveying some attribute to a type o... More
Valentina nuevo corrido - Print, Library of Congress collection
Broadside shows a full-length figure of a female performer in costume. The text consist of two songs: "Valentina new ballad" (a love song) and "Half steps are in fashion" (a critique of tight-fitting dress and ... More
Los sangrientos sucesos en la ciudad de Puebla, la muerte del jefe de ...
Broadside shows bust portrait of Chief of Police Miguel Cabrera juxtaposed with a scene showing a shootout involving a woman and several uniformed men in a compound. The text conveys the pre-revolutionary alter... More
Amor cuando muere, canción moderna. Gaona se muere y no
Broadside shows, on verso, a bust portrait of bullfighter Rodolfo Gaona. The text includes three songs: "When love dies;" "Gaona dies or not," which conveys how Gaona was gored July 5, 1909 and whether or not h... More
El purgatório artístico, en el que yacen las calaveras de los artistas...
Broadside shows the second level of hell, in which the calaveras of artists and artisans hold objects relating to their profession, including musical instruments, a palette, and paper. Below the main image, the... More
67 adivinanzas - Print, Library of Congress collection
Chapbook cover shows five boys standing in a circle, one has bare feet and is wearing a top hat and tails. The chapbook contains 67 riddles with the answers on the last page. Front cover: Editor A. Vanegas Arro... More
67 adivinanzas - Print, Library of Congress collection
Chapbook cover shows five boys standing in a circle, one has bare feet and is wearing a top hat and tails. The chapbook contains 67 riddles with the answers on the last page. Front cover: Editor A. Vanegas Arro... More
Versos de Valentín Mancera traidos del estado de Guanajuato
Broadside shows a Mexican guitarist singing in a doorway, as two soldiers escort Valentín Mancera, an outlaw from the state of Guanajuato. Mancera, murdered by the police in 1880, was famous for his hatred of t... More
Los celos del negro con D. Folias
Chapbook cover shows scene from a play: a man with a gun stoops before a black man who is wearing a sombrero and holding a knife. A policeman runs towards both of them. The script concerns the murders of a blac... More
Gran bola de garbanceras--que por ser muy pretenciosas, se volveran ca...
Broadside, on recto, shows skeletons purchasing such items as candles and sugar skulls for the Day of the Dead celebration. A female skeleton carrying a skull and a male skeleton carrying a basket face each oth... More
Esta es la segunda parte de los versos a Ponciano y un recuerdo de sus...
Broadside shows full-length figure of Ponciano Díaz. The text in verse eulogizes his bullfighting talent. Díaz died on April 15, 1899. Imprenta de Antonio Vanegas Arroyo, Calle de Santa Teresa núm. 1. México. P... More
Cogida de Rodolfo Gaona en la plaza de toros de Puebla, el 13 de Dicie...
Broadside shows bust portrait of matador Rodolfo Gaona. The text conveys the lamentable death of this famous Mexican matador on a Sunday the 13th, which is deemed bad luck in the accompanying verse. Mexico. Imp... More
Vivan, vivan los Cubanos! Dicen en lo general, porque al fin somos her...
Broadside shows a bust portrait, perhaps of Cariño. The text conveys the "Ballad of Cariño" in which two men, Cariño and Moreno, duel with each other, and ends with Moreno being shot dead. On the verso there i... More
Versos muy extravagantes, divertidos fabulosos, de reír y pasar el rat...
Broadside shows a coyote standing amidst birds, insects, and animals. A crow is dressed like a soldier, and a grasshopper holds a liquor bottle. The accompanying text, probably based on a regional ballad from S... More
La arranquera, esto si que es grande apuro ya no se consigue un duro
Broadside shows gentleman seated beside writing desk; smaller cuts show profile busts of two men: small male figure wearing nightshirt, and a small skeleton on a balance. The text conveys the problems of scarci... More
Muestras para bordados, no. 1 - Public domain graphic arts, Library of...
Illustrated cover for a set of embroidery patterns, shows a woman sitting down at a frame, embroidering. De venta en la Tip. de la Test. de A.V. Arroyo. 2a de Santa Teresa 40. México. Gift; Joyce Bailey; 1979; ... More
La norteña; Los sucesos de la huelga; Mi hombre; y Mi noche triste
Sheet consists of four broadsides (número 2 on lower left and número 1 on lower right; número 4 on upper left and número 3 on upper right) of the penny press "Edición especial." Número 2 has a small masthead il... More
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Por finjir [sic] espantos diálogo cómico en un acto
Chapbook cover shows a scene from a play: a man sits on the edge of a bed, hunched over, with his hand in a chamber pot. A child, under the bed, pushes the man's bottom with a broom. There are also two brushes ... More
De este famoso hipodromo en la pista, no faltara ni un solo periodista...
Broadside, on the front, shows calaveras bicycling, with identifying labels, "Voz de México," "Patria," "Universal," "Tiempo," "Partido Liberal," "Gil Blas," names of popular newspapers, and "Siglo XIX," and "S... More
Verdaderos versos de Macario Romero
Broadside shows portrait of military leader Macario Romero on horseback and Indians wearing feathered headdresses in the background. The text tells of the murder of Romero by his girlfriend's father and speaks ... More
Caricature, Chin! Chun! Chan! Las mujeres!, public domain cartoon imag...
Broadside shows a serenader and as well as a masthead illustration. The text on the front and verso includes five songs: "Chin! Chun! Chan!," "The women," "Indifference," "What will I do without you?" and "I a... More
Suspiros de los angeles - Manuel Manilla
Broadside shows masthead with musical instruments, sheet music, and books and two cherubs on recto. The text consist of three love songs: "Angels sighing," "The same as yesterday," and "The zenzontle." On the v... More
Legítimos versos de Lino Zamora traidos del Real de Zacatecas
Broadside shows a banderillero (person who wounds a bull with decorated spikes during a bullfight) challenging a bull on recto, and spectators at a bullfight on the verso. The verse conveys the death of Lino Za... More
Señora, su conejito ya no le gusta el zacate, solo quiere chocolate. Q...
Broadside shows two women looking at a rabbit on a table. The ballad conveys, by means of metaphor, disdain of the upper class for living a life of luxury, represented by their attire and their diet. There is a... More
Wilson no quiere guerra en México
Newspaper page, on recto, shows an image of a demon, a skeleton, and a huge black bird hovering above a woman, Liberty, who is lying down on the ground, covering her eyes with her arm. The text on the recto con... More
Verdadero retrato del Señor del Santuario de Otatitlán
Broadside shows the crucified Christ flanked by the Virgin and St. John. The text on the verso tells of a miracle bestowed on Ricardo Martinez upon his execution for being a non-Catholic and a brutal bandit. Hi... More
El mosquito americano - Public domain broadside, Library of Congress
Broadside shows Mexicans running from mosquitos recently arrived from the United States. Includes humorous text on front and back relating to infestation throughout Mexico. Unsigned, attributed to Posada. Imp.... More
Una corrida de toros o el amor de Luisa
Chapbook cover shows scene from a play: a woman wearing a shawl makes amorous advances towards a bullfighter dressed in full regalia; a bullfighting stadium is in the background. The script concerns a love tria... More
Echo ya la autoridad garra al malvado Ignacio Parra
Broadside shows a side-view, facing right of outlaw Ignacio Parra on horseback. The verse conveys the story Ignacio Parra who robbed and killed many in the state of Durango. He, along with his gang of bandits, ... More
Segunda calavera taurina de la nueva estudiantina. A este toro delgado...
Broadside shows four human skeletons in triangular hats and carrying musical instruments taunting a skeleton bull. The text, in verse, conveys the slaying of the bull and speaks of death in general. México. Imp... More
Revunvio de calaveras de catrines y borrachos, de viejos y de muchacho...
Broadside shows a calavera instructing people to go into the graveyard. The text conveys how the time will come for everyone to end up there. A second calavera in verse (epitaph) is titled "Calavera widows, cal... More
La norteña; Los sucesos de la huelga
Sheet consists of two broadsides (número 2 on left and número 1 on right) of the penny press "Edición especial." Número 2 has a small masthead illustration of a man and woman sitting next to each other as well ... More
Muestras para bordados, plancha número 31, Jose Guadalupe Posada
Print shows embroidery patterns for elaborate letters ("A" through "M"), monograms, and decorative flowers. Testamentaría de Antonio Vanegas Arroyo. Calle de Santa Teresa Número 40. México, D.F. Gift; Joyce Bai... More
Caricature, Mi hombre; and Mi noche triste, public domain cartoon imag...
This sheet consists of two broadsides (número 3 on left and número 4 on right) of the penny press "Edición especial." Número 3 has a small masthead image of two cherubs in a scroll medallion. The text "My man" ... More
Hoy como ayer, los enemigos de Juárez
Bi-weekly broadside shows three unsigned cartoons. One political cartoon depicts Benito Juárez, as a symbol of Mexican democracy, pointing a crowd of fascists and Nazis toward the Hill of the Bells (where a fir... More