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La Calavera Sevillana, esta hermosa calavera que fue de un grande torero, viene a presidir las fiestas que nos va a dar Cuatro Dedos

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

La calavera del editor popular Antonio Vanegas Arroyo

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

Calavera Oaxaqueña - Print, Library of Congress collection

Calavera Oaxaqueña - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print shows fierce calavera brandishing knife, crowd of calaveras behind him. Attributed to Antonio Vanegas Arroyo (Firm) as publisher. Signed in plate lower right: Posada. In 1910 this fierce calavera appeared... More

La calavera del editor popular Antonio Vanegas Arroyo

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

La calavera Oaxaqueña / Posada.

La calavera Oaxaqueña / Posada.

Print shows a male skeleton dressed in a charro outfit wielding a machete among skulls and skeletons. Includes song lyrics and cartoon skeleton figures.

La calavera del editor popular Antonio Vanegas Arroyo

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

La horrorosa calavera de la inundación de Guanajuato - Manuel Manilla

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

Esta es de Don Quijote la primera, la sin par la gigante calavera

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

[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

La calavera del editor popular Antonio Vanegas Arroyo

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

Segunda calavera taurina de la nueva estudiantina. A este toro delgado cual espina, hoy lo viene a torear la estudiantina

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

Esta es de Don Quijote la primera, la sin par la gigante calavera

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

Calavera tapatia - Print, Library of Congress collection - Manuel Manilla

Calavera tapatia - Print, Library of Congress collection - Manuel Mani...

Broadside shows a male skeleton having a drink of tequila and smoking a cigar. On a table before him lie various objects. A child skeleton looks over his shoulder. Six small decorative skulls break up the text.... More

La calavera del cólera morbo, Jose Guadalupe Posada

La calavera del cólera morbo, Jose Guadalupe Posada

Broadside shows a man with the body of a snake in the center of a group of skulls, representing the disease cholera, his arms are outstretched and tongue out. Flying insects surround him. The skulls that surrou... More

La calavera Oaxaqueña / Posada.

La calavera Oaxaqueña / Posada.

Print shows a male skeleton dressed in a charro outfit wielding a machete among skulls and skeletons. Includes song lyrics and cartoon skeleton figures.

Calavera del drenaje. El mérito día de finados todos los que se restiraron por causa del drenaje

Calavera del drenaje. El mérito día de finados todos los que se restir...

Broadside shows a large skull and crossbones; several small skeletons and small skulls in between the text and also used as borders. The text includes 16 calaveras in verse on the recto and on the verso. The ve... More

La calavera de Don Juan Tenorio, Jose Guadalupe Posada - Manuel Manilla

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

Esta es de Don Quijote la primera, la sin par la gigante calavera

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

La horrorosa calavera de la inundación de Guanajuato - Manuel Manilla

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

Calavera comercial. Estas son las calaveras de todos los comerciantes, les llegó la de deveras por tramposos y farsantes

Calavera comercial. Estas son las calaveras de todos los comerciantes,...

Broadside shows skeletons patronizing a merchant skeleton selling such items as candles and sugar skulls for the Day of the Dead celebration. The text, a calavera in verse, conveys how "la flaca" (death) is mak... More

Aquí la calavera está, señores, de toditos los buenos valedores

Aquí la calavera está, señores, de toditos los buenos valedores

Broadside shows man, arms folded, as a protector or bodyguard, standing before a pile of skulls. Four other skeletons appear lower left and right of the broadside. The text in verse conveys the grand life which... More

Gran calavera eléctrica, que se les va a regalar, calavera muy fachosa de pura electricidad

Gran calavera eléctrica, que se les va a regalar, calavera muy fachosa...

Broadside shows large skeleton hypnotizing a group of skulls and a sitting skeleton; an electric car with skeletons riding in it is in the background. Also on recto are a small dog and a skull and crossbones we... More

Calavera del drenaje. El mérito día de finados todos los que se restiraron por causa del drenaje

Calavera del drenaje. El mérito día de finados todos los que se restir...

Broadside shows a large skull and crossbones; several small skeletons and small skulls in between the text and also used as borders. The text includes 16 calaveras in verse on the recto and on the verso. The ve... More

La Calavera Sevillana esta hermosa calavera que fue de un grande torero. Viene a presidir las fiestas que nos va a dar Cuatro Dedos

La Calavera Sevillana esta hermosa calavera que fue de un grande torer...

Broadside shows 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 in... More

La calavera taurina ya llegó a todo correr, gritando con mucha muina: que toreros van a ver

La calavera taurina ya llegó a todo correr, gritando con mucha muina: ...

Broadside shows skull decorated and small skulls and skeletons. The text, in calavera verse (epitaph), conveys a listing of the better known Mexican bullfighters.

Gran calavera eléctrica, que se les va a regalar, calavera muy fachosa de pura electricidad

Gran calavera eléctrica, que se les va a regalar, calavera muy fachosa...

Broadside shows large skeleton hypnotizing a group of skulls and a sitting skeleton; an electric car with skeletons riding in it is in the background. Also on recto are a small dog and a skull and crossbones we... More

La calavera Oaxaqueña / Posada.

La calavera Oaxaqueña / Posada.

Print shows a male skeleton dressed in a charro outfit wielding a machete among skulls and skeletons. Includes song lyrics and cartoon skeleton figures.