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José Guadalupe Posada
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FG0041

Fusilamiento del soldado del 2o. batallon regional Julio Garcia. 1907. Pictorial broadside with prose and verse, half sheet, printed recto and verso, tan paper. Type-metal engraving. Unsigned. 8.7 x 10.2 cm. [Print 999-019-0041]

FG0042

Gran alarma escandalosa que se vio alla por Chihuahua . . . Undated. Pictorial broadside verse, half sheet, printed recto and verso, tan paper. Zinc etching. Signed in print: Posada. 11.1 x 15.6 cm. The same image appears on a different broadside. [Print 999-019-0042]

FG0043

Gran calavera eléctrica que se le va a regalar calavera muy fachosa de pura electricidad. 1907. Pictorial broadside verse, full sheet, printed recto and verso, tan paper. Zinc etching. Adorned recto and verso (not shown) with 11 type-metal vignettes (ten are calaveras). Signed in print: Posada. 25.5 x 11.8 cm. [Print 999-019-0043]

FG0044

¡El gran descarrilamiento del ferrocarril central en Zacatecas. Diez muertos y 75 heridos! 1904. Pictorial broadside verse, half sheet, printed recto and verso, tan paper. Zinc etching. Unsigned. 8.7 x 13.3 cm. [Print 999-019-0044]

FG0045

Guadalupe Bejarano en las bartolinas de Belén. Careo entre la mujer verdugo y su hijo. Undated. Pictorial broadside with prose and verse, full sheet, green paper. Type-metal engraving. 14.1 x 19.6 cm. Unsigned. [Print 999-019-0045]

FG0046

¡Horrible y espantosa crimen! Perpetrado a mediados del mes de Agosto de 1900.--Una mujer matada a bastonazos dentro de una cueva en la Villa de Guadalupe.--Una niña abandanada. . . Undated. Pictorial broadside with prose and verse, half sheet, printed recto and verso, tan paper. Zinc etching: Signed in print: Posada. 8.8 x 13.2 cm. [Print 999-019-0046]

FG0047

Imagen del milagroso San Antonio de Padua. Undated. Pictorial broadside with prose, full sheet, printed recto and verso, tan paper. Two type-metal engravings. Recto: Unsigned. 36 x 26 cm. Verso (not shown): Earthquake (see FG0033.) Undated. Unsigned. 11.7 x 20.9 cm. [Print 999-019-0047]

FG0048A

Interesante noticia! Castigo del Cielo para los que ofenden la dignidad de los ministros de dios. 1903. Pictorial broadside with prose and verse, half sheet, printed recto and verso, tan paper. Two type-metal engravings. Unsigned. 7.7 x 12.9 cm. [Print 999-019-0048A]

FG0048B

Untitled. Unsigned. 7.8 x 13.1 cm. Text discusses God's condemnation of freethinkers, Lutherans, Calvinists, and the followers of Voltaire and Rousseau. [Print 999-019-0048B]

FG0049

Jesús Bruno Martinez en las bartolinas de Belen. Ultimas noticias de S. Juan de Ulua, las alhajas de Treffiel. Undated. Pictorial broadside with prose and verse, full sheet, tan paper. Type-metal engraving. Unsigned. 12.8 x 17.7 cm. [Print 999-019-0049]

FG0050

Juego de loteria. Undated. Pictorial game, full sheet, brown paper. Zinc etching: 38 illustrations with printed words in Spanish or Náhuatl. Unsigned. 22.4 x 36.1 cm. Tyler 74: "The 'juego de lotería' has . . .a pedagogical value in that it associates the names and pictures of familiar symbols, animals, and persons. Images from Mexican folklore, like the calavera, diablo, and coyote, are notable inclusions." [Print 999-019-0050]