Mexican broadsides collection, 1890-1913 ca..

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Mexican broadsides collection, 1890-1913 ca..

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This growing collection contains approximately 135 half-sheet broadsides from Mexico. New acquisitions will be added to the collection. In Series I, each broadside contains an illustration from either a zinc etching, a type-metal engraving, a woodcut, or a photograph. Dates for this series range between 1895 and 1925. Some of the broadsides are entirely in verse, some report events such as comets, crime, natural disasters. The most represented printer is Antonio Vanegas Arroyo. Many of the illustrations were cut by José Guadalupe Posada. Also includes work by Manuel Manilla. The broadsides, in Series II date between 1857 and 1872. Each is a poem on a religious theme and all but two include an engraving and decorated borders. One of the broadsides is printed in silver gilt on blue tissue, with the original manuscript attached. Most were published in Tenango del Valle, with four being published in Toluca, one in Tepexoxuca and one without place of publication. Most were printed by M. Murguía or the Sociedad A. Regeneradora.

1 box (.45 cu. ft.)

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Posada, José Guadalupe, 1852-1913

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Born in poverty in 1852, Jose Guadalupe Posada (b. February 31, 1853-d. January 20, 1913) became the "Printmaker to the Mexican People," an influence on future Mexican artists such as Orozco and Rivera, and is often compared to such icons as Goya and Daumier. Posada is labelled an artist, a folk illustrator and a political cartoonist; no matter how he is categorized, it is clear that, through his prolific career, "an inarticulate public found expression." Posada left his ...

Vanegas Arroyo, Antonio, 1852-1917

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A member of the printers' group at Sta. Teresa 1, Mexico D.F., with Jose Guadaluupe Posada. From the description of El Gran Descarrilamiento : broadsheet and printer's block, 1904. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754872611 Biography Antonio Vanegas Arroyo was born in Puebla, Mexico around 1850; in 1867 he moved to Mexico City; he later established a printing house, and before the turn of the century issued a series of smal...

Manilla, Manuel ca. 19. / 20. Jh.

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