Calaveras

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]

FG0013

Las bravisimas calaveras guatemaltecas de Mora y de Morales. 1907. Pictorial broadside verse, full sheet, printed recto and verso, lavender paper. Zinc etching. The two large calaveras represent Bernardo Mora and Florencio Morales, assassins of the ex-President of Guatemala. The broadside is adorned with 17 type-metal engraved vignettes of skulls and calaveras. Signed in print: Posada. 15.6 X 27.2 cm. Tailpiece on verso depicts a field of skulls and bones. [Print 999-019-0013]

FG0014

La Calavera de cupido. También cupido el travieso después de muerto es tronera, y llora de amor el hueso como todo calavera. Undated. Pictorial broadside verse, full sheet, red paper. Unsigned. Twelve type-metal engravings, each approximately 7.0 x 6.0 cm. [Print 999-019-0014]

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FG0015

Calavera de los patinadores. 1910. Pictorial broadside verse, full sheet, yellow paper. Type-metal engraving. Signed in print: Posada. 12.1 x 20.5 cm. Six small type-metal engravings used as vignettes. [Print 999-019-0015]

FG0016

Calavera tapatia. Undated. Pictorial broadside verse, full sheet, printed recto and verso, tan paper. Type-metal engraving. 22.6 x 14.0 cm. Unsigned. (Attributed to Manuel Manilla). Adorned with eleven type-metal vignettes. [Print 999-019-0016]

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]

FG0018

Las calaveritas picosas, verdes y color de rosas. Undated. Pictorial verse, half sheet, purple paper. Type-metal engraving. Signed in print: JM. 7.7 x 6.3 cm. [Print 999-019-0018]

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]

FG0077

Panteon antiguo epitafios. Undated. Pictorial broadside verse, full sheet, tan paper. Type-metal engraving. Unsigned Attributed to Manuel Manilla. 15.1 x 22.0 cm. [Print 999-019-0077]

NMP001

"Gran Baile de calaveras." 1906. Pictorial broadside verse, printed both sides, full sheet, red paper. Type-metal engraving. Unsigned. Principal image 11.5 x 18 cm., two smaller images above right and left, each 8 x 6.5 cm., and numerous smaller vignettes below and on verso (not shown). [Print 000-428-0001]

NMP004

"Gran baile de calaveras. Llegó la gran occasion de divertirse e deveras, van hacer las calaveras, su fiesta en el panteón." Pictorial broadside verse, full sheet, red paper. Type-metal engraving. Unsigned. 12 x 20.5 cm. [Print 000-428-0004]