José Guadalupe Posada
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FG0021 El cancionero popular. Num. 2. Jesus Negrete, El Tigre de Santa Julia. 1909. Pictorial broadside verse, half sheet, printed recto and verso, salmon paper. Zinc etchings. Unsigned. 8.0 x 16.0 cm. Signed in print: Posada. 17.1 x 6.2 cm. Tyler 17: "One of the most famous of the bandits that infested rural Mexico during the early twentieth century. . .[Negrete] had a record of crimes that was virtually unending . . . [Print 999-019-0021] |
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FG0022 Cogida de Rodolfo Gaona en la Plaza de Toros de Puebla, el 13 de diciembre de 1908. c. 1908. Pictorial broadside verse, half sheet, printed recto and verso, tan paper. Zinc etching. Signed in print: Posada. 12.5 x 19.0 cm. (Tyler 91): "Gaona was one of Mexico's most popular matadors. [Print 999-019-0022] |
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FG0023 La campana de la independencia . . . Undated. Pictorial broadside verse, half sheet, printed recto and verso, yellow paper. Zinc etchings. Recto: Signed in print: Posada. 9.0 x 14.0 cm. Verso (not shown): Himno nacional mexicano. Bust portrait of Hidalgo. 2.9 x 2.5 cm. [Print 999-019-0023] |
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FG0024 El consejo de guerra del corneta: Bruno Labastida cómplice
del asesinato del teniente Calápiz. Undated. Pictorial
broadside with prose, full sheet, tan paper. Type-metal engraving.
Unsigned. 8.7 x 10.2 cm. |
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FG0025A La continuacion, señores de los pronósticos va . . . 1903. Pictorial broadside verse, half sheet, printed recto and verso, tan paper. Type-metal engraving (above). Unsigned. 8.1 x 13.6 cm. Zinc etching (vignette at center). Unsigned. 9.0 x 1.9 cm. [Print 999-019-0025A] |
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FG0025B Tango del morrongo. 1903. Zinc etching. Unsigned. 7.6 x 13.3 cm. According to Berdecio & Applebaum (see bibliography), Gato morrongo was a name given to an etcher's assistant. [Print 999-019-0025B] |
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FG0026 Corrido de la vida de Santanón. 1911. Pictorial broadside verse, half sheet, printed recto and verso, tan paper. Zinc etching. Unsigned. 8.4 x 13.6 cm. Tyler 5: "Santana Rodríguez (Santanón) was one of the well-known 'Robin Hoods' who captured the fancy of the Mexican people during the Díaz era. His territory was the state of Veracruz [Print 999-019-0026] |
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FG0027 Corrido jarocho. 1918. Pictorial broadside verse, half sheet, grey paper. Type-metal engraving. Unsigned. 6.0 x 4.4 cm. [Print 999-019-0027] |
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FG0028 Corrido jarocho. 1919. Pictorial broadside verse, half sheet, red paper. Zinc etching: Signed in print: Posada. 8.0 x 12.3 cm. [Print 999-019-0028] |
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FG0029 ¡Crimen nunca visto ! Tomás Sánchez, barbero que está establecido en Saltillo. . . Undated. Pictorial broadside with prose and verse, half sheet, printed recto and verso, tan paper. Zinc etching. Unsigned. 7.7 x 13.1 cm. [Print 999-019-0029] |
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FG0030 La despedida del soldado. 1918. Pictorial broadside verse, half sheet, orange. paper. Zinc etching. Unsigned. 17.0 x 6.0 cm. Tyler 167: "The figure has been identified as Genovevo de la O, one of the many rural leaders who became significant Zapatistas." [Print 999-019-0030] |