José Guadalupe Posada
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FG0091 La Tarasca. June 17, 1897. Pictorial broadside with prose and verse, full sheet printed recto and verso, tan paper. Type-metal engravings. Unsigned. Largest measures 9.5 x 15.4. On verso (not shown) are five small type metal illustrations and one zinc etching of laborers at Valle Nacional. [Print 999-019-0091] |
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FG0092 !Terribilísima inundación! En el barrio de San Luisíto de la ciudad de Monterrey. 1903. Pictorial broadside with prose, half sheet, printed recto and verso, tan paper. Type-metal engraving. Unsigned. 7.7 x 13.1 cm. See FG0093 for another use of this image. [Print 999-019-0092] |
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FG0093 La terrible granizada del 9 de abril de 1904. Furibunda tempestad, desplomes, muertos y heridos! 1904. Pictorial broadside with verse, half sheet, printed recto and verso, tan paper. Type-metal engraving. Unsigned. 7.7 x 13.1 cm. See FG0092 for another use of this image. [Print 999-019-0093] |
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FG0094 La terrible noche del 17 de agosto de 1890. Ultimos recuerdos del Sargento 2o. Zeferino Martínez. Undated. Pictorial broadside verse, full sheet, printed recto and verso, tan paper. Type-metal engraving. Unsigned. 13.9 x 19.2 cm. Tyler 111: "Many of the prints done by Posada for Vanegas Arroyo were clearly based on newspaper accounts of incidents. Either Posada would create a print for a story or Vanegas Arroyo would use a plate that he already had on hand to illustrate it. On verso (not shown): type-metal engraving of seven soldiers bearing a coffin on a caisson. Unsigned. 10.5 x 16.6 cm. [Print 999-019-0094] |
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FG0095 Triste fin que tuvo en Mexico, pues fue presto o fusilado Don Gustavo el Fatidico, el famoso Ojo Parado. Undated. Pictorial broadside with verse and prose, half sheet, printed recto and verso, tan paper. Zinc etching. Unsigned. 6.7 x 12.6 cm. [Print 999-019-0095] |
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FG0096 Triste y lamentable acontecimiento, que pasó en las minas "Las Esperanzas" en el Tiro 3 "La Conquista" el 25 Junio de 1903. 1903. Pictorial broadside verse, half sheet, printed recto and verso, tan paper. Zinc etching. Unsigned. 7.3 x 12.7 cm. [Print 999-019-0096] |
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FG0097A Tristímas lamentaciones de un enganchado. El Valle Nacional. 1903. Pictorial broadside verse, half sheet, printed recto and verso, tan paper. Zinc etching. Signed. 11.7 x 15.5 cm. Tyler 141: "One of the hallowed traditions of Porfirian Mexico was kidnaping of workers to send to the Valle Nacional and Islas Marias plantation regions, where they were forced to work under a so-called contract. Most of the workers never returned." [Print 999-019-0097A] |
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FG0097B Te amo en secreto. 1903. Pictorial broadside verse, half sheet, printed recto and verso, tan paper. Type-metal engraving. Unsigned.5.7 x 7.1 cm. [Print 999-019-0097B] |
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FG0098 Tristisimos recuerdos de Antonio Montes matador de toros, muerto en México en 1907. Undated. Pictorial broadside verse, half sheet, printed recto and verso, tan paper. Zinc etching. Unsigned. 8.6 x 14.2 cm. [Print 999-019-0098] |
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FG0099 Versos de Valentin Mancera traidos del estado de Guanajuato. . . Murió Valentin Mancera . . . Undated. Pictorial broadside verse, half sheet, printed recto and verso, tan paper. Zinc etching. Unsigned 8.2 x 13.6 cm. Tyler 11: "An outlaw from the state of Guanajuato [Mancera] became one of the most famous hero-types of Mexico. . [Print 999-019-0099] |
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FG0100 Versos del temblor del 26 de marzo de 1908. 1908. Pictorial broadside verse, half sheet, printed recto and verso, tan paper. Type-metal engraving. Unsigned. 5.0 x 11.8 cm. [Print 999-019-0100] |