José Guadalupe Posada

José Guadalupe Posada

An old man having a shower accompanied by two other figures, ca. 1900

Type-metal engraving

7 × 5.6 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-426406

José Guadalupe Posada

Cover for 'Coleccion de Cartas Amorosas Cuaderno No. 2', a couple embracing, ca. 1900

Zincograph and letterpress on pink paper

14.8 × 20 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-439058

José Guadalupe Posada

Cover for 'Coleccion de Cartas Amorosas Cuaderno No. 3', a young woman holding a letter and resting her head on her hand as she looks out a window, ca. 1900

Zincograph and letterpress on green paper

14.8 × 20 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-440261

José Guadalupe Posada

Cover for 'Coleccion de Cartas Amorosas Cuaderno No. 4', a couple embracing and kissing, ca. 1900

Zincograph, letterpress

14.8 × 20 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-325187

José Guadalupe Posada

Cover for 'Las Torres Blancas', a group of people walking and looking up at two white towers, ca. 1900

Type-metal engraving and letterpress in red and black ink on tan paper

14.8 × 20 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-441691

José Guadalupe Posada

The brave man from Gaudalajara facing a tiger, ca. 1900

Type-metal engraving

8.2 × 12.5 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-317124

José Guadalupe Posada

Two advertisments printed on the same sheet for materials published by Vanegas Arroyo, the one at left has verses to accompany breaking a piñata and at right, concerning religious pilgrims with an image of the Holy Family on the Flight into Egypt, ca. 1900–10

Zincograph and letterpress on blue paper

15 × 20 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-436162

José Guadalupe Posada

The cross decorated with instruments of the passion of Christ, two weeping angels below, ca. 1900–13

Zincograph (photomechanical reproduction?)

32 × 22.8 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-415983

José Guadalupe Posada

A broadsheet with a popular song 'La China' on the recto, on the verso the dance of 'Cuba Libre', ca. 1900–1910

Zincograph and letterpress on pink paper

20 × 30 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-440029

José Guadalupe Posada

An indulgence with an image of Our Lord of Chalma, ca. 1900–1910

Lithograph and letterpress on buff paper

40.3 × 30.3 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-439065

José Guadalupe Posada

An uncut sheet printed on both sides with pages from "Ademdai" and "Agraciado: El niño de un jeme", ca. 1900–1910

Etching on zinc and letterpress (relief printing)

60 × 40 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-407689

José Guadalupe Posada

An uncut sheet printed on both sides with pages from "Juan Ceniza" (cuento arreglado por C. S. Suarez) and "Rosendito, los leones y el sapo" (cuento por C. S. Suarez), ca. 1900–1910

Etching on zinc and letterpress (relief printing)

55.5 × 36.5 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-410019

José Guadalupe Posada

An uncut sheet printed on both sides with pages from "Perucho el Valeroso" and "Perlina la encantadora", ca. 1900–1910

Etching on zinc and letterpress (relief printing)

67 × 43.5 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-407687

José Guadalupe Posada

Broadsheet relating to the greed of Juan Pérez and his ill-gotten financial gains through dishonesty, abusing the poor, and swindling the church, a description in the bottom section continuing on verso, ca. 1900–1910

Zincograph and letterpress on tan paper

29.5 × 20 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-440921

José Guadalupe Posada

Broadsheet with image of a chained woman in purgatory and the Holy Trinity above, ca. 1900–1910

Zincograph and letterpress on buff paper

40 × 30 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-440267

José Guadalupe Posada

Figures kneeling before the Virgin, ca. 1900–1910

Type-metal engraving

5 × 11 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-426412

José Guadalupe Posada

Front and back covers printed on the same sheet for a collection of love letters (number 1), ca. 1900–1910

Type-metal engraving and letterpress on green paper

15 × 20 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-458221

José Guadalupe Posada

Front and back covers printed on the same sheet for a collection of love letters (number 11), ca. 1900–1910

Zincograph and letterpress on orange paper

15 × 20 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-434617

José Guadalupe Posada

Front and back covers printed on the same sheet for a collection of love letters (number 2), Cupid holding a bow in image at the right, ca. 1900–1910

Type-metal engraving and letterpress on green paper

15 × 20 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-458281

José Guadalupe Posada

Front and back covers printed on the same sheet for patriotic discourses, ca. 1900–1910

Zincograph and letterpress on tan paper

15.5 × 20 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-433968

José Guadalupe Posada

Front and back covers printed on the same sheet for patriotic discourses, ca. 1900–1910

Type-metal engraving and letterpress on tan paper

15.5 × 20 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-457710

José Guadalupe Posada

Game of the cowboy smugglers (Los charros contrabandistas), ca. 1900–1910

Zincograph and letterpress on buff paper

30 × 40.5 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-439063

José Guadalupe Posada

Game of the Goose, ca. 1900–1910

Zincograph and letterpress on buff paper

30.5 × 40 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-439064

José Guadalupe Posada

The skeleton of Don Juan Tenorio, ca. 1900–1910

Zincograph and letterpress on green paper

40 × 30 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-436362

José Guadalupe Posada

The Sorcerer, a man with a gun confronting a bird with the face of a man, ca. 1900–1910

Zincograph

11 × 16.2 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-300774

José Guadalupe Posada

Two advertisments printed on the same sheet for materials published by Vanegas Arroyo, the one at left has verses to accompany breaking a piñata and at right, concerning religious pilgrims with an image of the Nativity, ca. 1900–1910

Zincograph and letterpress on tan paper

15 × 20 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-436163

José Guadalupe Posada

A man towering over a group of people, illustration for a collection of modern songs 'Señor D. Simon', ca. 1900–1910 (a later impression)

Type-metal engraving

16.8 × 11.7 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-431164

José Guadalupe Posada

Forty-two guesses, ca. 1900–1910 (a later impression)

Type-metal engraving

16.8 × 11.8 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-405618

José Guadalupe Posada

Broadsheet about a thief named Malvado Ignacio Parra, who is shown on horseback holding a sword, ca. 1900–1913

Zincograph and letterpress on red paper

29.5 × 20 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-439053

José Guadalupe Posada

Broadsheet relating to a ballad about camp life hardships for women, woman wearing a dress with her hands on her hips, ca. 1900–1913

Zincograph and letterpress on pink paper

30 × 19.5 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-440244

José Guadalupe Posada

Broadsheet relating to the plight of an orphan, young boy standing at the graves of his parents in a cemetery, ca. 1900–1913

Zincograph and letterpress on beige paper

29.6 × 20 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-440030

José Guadalupe Posada

Broadsheet with a story about a miracle in San Cristobal de las Casas, in upper section a crowd of people watch a man fall from a hot air balloon, in the upper right an image an apparition of Christ, ca. 1900–1913

Zincograph and letterpress on tan paper

29.5 × 20.5 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-440919

José Guadalupe Posada

Broadsheet with a verse about a woman who rejects a male suitor for another, vignettes of a woman talking to various men, ca. 1900–1913

Zincograph and letterpress on tan paper

29.5 × 20 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-440032

José Guadalupe Posada

Broadsheet with love songs, a man playing an instrument and singing outside his lovers' window, ca. 1900–1913

Zincograph and letterpress on orange paper

30 × 20 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-440255

José Guadalupe Posada

Broadside celebrating Cuba's victory over Spain in the Spanish American War, soldiers holding the Cuban flag and flanking the alleogorical figure of Cuba, ca. 1900–1913

Zincograph and letterpress on yellow paper

30 × 20.3 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-440260

José Guadalupe Posada

Broadside detailing a religious procession for Saint John and Saint Ana, multiple figures dancing and celebrating, ca. 1900–1913

Zincograph and letterpress on tan paper

30 × 20.8 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-440253

José Guadalupe Posada

Broadside relating to a news story about an apparition of a spirit, women sitting up in bed looking at a ghost, ca. 1900–1913

Zincograph and letterpress on tan paper

20 × 30 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-440249

José Guadalupe Posada

Broadside relating to a news story about the destruction following a volcanic eruption, volcano erupting while animals and men on horseback flee, ca. 1900–1913

Zincograph and letterpress on tan paper

19.3 × 30 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-440262

José Guadalupe Posada

Broadside with a song honoring General Zaragoza and soldiers who died during a battle on May 5, portrait of the general, ca. 1900–1913

Type-metal engraving, Zincograph and letterpress on tan paper

30 × 20.3 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-296213

José Guadalupe Posada

Cover for 'Olas que el Viento Arrastran para 1901', a man serenading a woman in a row boat, ca. 1901

Zincograph and letterpress in pink and black ink on beige paper

14.8 × 20 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-296886

José Guadalupe Posada

Broadsheet relating to a young girl who was beheaded in April 16, 1902, ca. 1902

Zincography and letterpress on tan paper

30 × 20 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-342192

José Guadalupe Posada

Broadsheet relating to a young girl who was beheaded while her father Tomás Sánchez left her at home alone, ca. 1902

Zincograph and letterpress on tan paper

30 × 20 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-440266

José Guadalupe Posada

Broadsheet relating to the sensational story of a woman who was worse than wild animals, and a girl with clothing sewn to her body, ca. 1902

Zincograph and letterpress on tan paper

30 × 20.5 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-440922

José Guadalupe Posada

A woman surrounded by demons stabbing a man to death from a broadside entitled 'Horroroso Asesinato', ca. 1902 (a later impression)

Zincograph

12.5 × 17 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-338627

José Guadalupe Posada

Broadsheet relating to men who frequent bars, different groups of men walking in the streets and one man running after a trolley car, ca. 1903

Zincograph and letterpress on tan paper

30 × 20 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-440254

José Guadalupe Posada

Cover for 'La Rumba: Coleccion de Canciones Modernas para el Presente Año 1903', a conductor and a drummer performing on stage for an audience, ca. 1903

Chiaroscuro engraving and letterpress printed in red and black on tan paper

14.8 × 20 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-445223

José Guadalupe Posada

The American mosquito that just appeared in Mexico, ca. 1903

Type-metal engraving

8.2 × 13 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-232722

José Guadalupe Posada

A vendor of a new collection of songs, ca. 1903 (a later impression)

Type-metal engraving

16.8 × 11.8 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-431162