Animals & Insects

FG0012

La brava calavera del cinematografo. 1906. Pictorial broadside verse, full sheet, printed recto and verso, red paper. Zinc etchings. Signed in print: Posada. 15.0 x 23.2 cm. Tailpiece on verso illustrating a field of skulls and bones. Signed in print: Posada. 3.5 x 24.5 cm. The broadside is adorned with eighteen type-metal engraved vignettes, mostly skulls and calaveras. [Print 999-019-0012]

FG0017

Calaveras de Coyotes y Meseras. 1906. Pictorial broadside verse, full sheet, printed recto and verso, lavender paper. Zinc etching. Signed in print: Posada. 15 x 23.2 cm. The broadside is adorned with four type-metal vignettes. [Print 999-019-0017]

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]

FG0060

El mosquito americano. . . Undated. Pictorial broadside verse, half sheet, printed recto and verso, bright orange paper. Zinc etching. Unsigned. 7.9 x 12.7 cm. Tyler 103: "Perhaps the tourists who were just beginning to be a common sight throughout the republic were the dreaded mosquito. . . Another possibility is that mosquito referred to the many Americans President Díaz was bringing in to handle the railroads, the mines, and other technical aspects of Mexico's development. A third possibility is that the term referred to the already ubiquitous American dollar." [Print 999-019-0060]

FG0078

Panteon de menudencias (Vol. I, No. 2). November 2, 1919. Pictorial broadside verse, double sheet, tan paper. Type-metal engraving. Unsigned. 21.7 x 22.0 cm. Tyler 228: ". . . probably the work of another of the artists in the employ of Vanegas Arroyo. Although it is difficult to date such prints because of the many times they were used, the earliest print located is dated after Posada's death. Also, the print seems to be a caricature of Gen. Victoriano Huerta, who did not come to power. . . until after Posada's death. [Print 999-019-0078]

FG0082

Pronunciamiento de leones contra gatos y ratones. . . Undated. Pictorial broadside verse, half sheet, printed recto and verso, tan paper. Type metal engraving. Unsigned. 6.9 x 11.5 cm. [Print 999-019-0082]

FG0090

Tambores y cornetas. Canto Guerrero, inedito para music. 1911. Pictorial broadside verse, half sheet, printed recto and verso, tan paper. Zinc etching. Unsigned. 15.4 x 16.0 cm. [Print 999-019-0090]

FG0101

Versos muy extravagantes divertidos fabulosos de reír y pasar el rato para todos los curiosos. 1911. Pictorial broadside verse, half sheet, printed recto and verso, tan paper. Zinc etching. Unsigned. 7.2 x 12.6 cm. Tyler 76: "This broadside, which probably is better known in Mexico as El corrido de los animales, is similar to songs such as 'Froggie Went A-Courtin' in the English tradition of animal ballads. . . Although Vanegas Arroyo employed poets to write verses for him, the 'versos muy extravagantes' are based upon regional ballads that probably originated in Spain." [Print 999-019-0101]

FG0105

Ya la autoridad echó garra al malvado Ignacio Parra. 1911. Pictorial broadside verse, half sheet, printed recto and verso, tan paper. Zinc etching. Signed in print: Posada. 12.4 x 14.1 cm. On verso are two additional illustrations (bird and cherub. not shown.)Tyler 7: "Parra was one of Heracleo Bernal's band of outlaws, well known during the Díaz era . . . The corridistas who penned these verses . . . recognized the hero status Parra and the others had among the pelados (poor Indians and peones)." [Print 999-019-0105]

FG0115

La cabra, el sastre y sus tres hijos. Editor A. Vanegas Arroyo. Mexico. Undated. 10 pp, 3 colored text illustrations. 16mo chapbook. Pictorial wrapper printed in red and black ink. Type-metal engraving on cover. Unsigned. 13.3 x 8.4 cm. Moral tale for children. [Print 999-019-0115]

FG0137A

Right: Los rateros y el Valle Nacional. Undated. Pictorial leaflet (4 pp.) with verse, half sheet, printed recto and verso, orange paper. Zinc etching. Unsigned. 8.1 x 12.3 cm. Left: Danza de la culebra. Unsigned. 8.5 x 11.7 cm. See restrike FG0168. [Print 999-019-0137A]

FG0188

"Corrido: 'El ranchero y el gavilán.'" Zinc etching. Unsigned. 9.0 x 14.9 cm. [Print 999-019-0188]

FG0213

"Décimas 'La perra brava.'" Zinc etching. Unsigned. 8.8 x 14.2 cm. [Print 999-019-0213]

FG0262

"Gavilanes en acción del corrido: El ranchero y el gavilan. 1905." Zinc etching. Unsigned. 5.4 x 13.9 cm. [Print 999-019-0262]

FG0281

"El lobo atrapa un ave (del cuento 'El lobo y la zorra.')" Type-metal engraving. Unsigned. 10.7 x 10.4 cm. [Print 999-019-0281]

FG0282

"El lobo atrapado por la cola. Del cuento: El lobo y la zorra." Type-metal engraving. Unsigned. 10.7 x 16.1 cm. [Print 999-019-0282]

FG0283

"El lobo cae en la trampa. Del cuento 'El compadre zorro.'" Type-metal engraving. Unsigned. 10.5 x 10.3 cm. [Print 999-019-0283]

FG0348

"Simon Bobito embestido por un toro (del cuento 'Simon Bobito')." Type-metal engraving. Unsigned. 7.3 x 6.9 cm. [Print 999-019-0348]

FG0350

"Tango 'El Morrongo'.'' Unsigned. 7.5 x 13.2 cm. Printed from same plate as broadside FG0025B. [Print 999-019-0350]

FG0353

"Tres felinos y carnicero." Type-metal engraving. Unsigned. 7.2 x 7.0 cm. [Print 999-019-0353]