Posada produced several portraits of General Porfirio Díaz, the president of the Mexican Republic from 1876 to 1911. This formal example includes a birthday message […]
El Panteón de las Pelonas includes one of Posada’s most famous images, the Catrina. Once considered to be a criticism of the bourgeoisie, it was […]
This obituary is interesting in that it uses real names instead of generic titles. However, in typical fashion of Arroyo and Posada, these individuals are […]
Posada refers to European examples of demonic figures inspiring evil in this broadside about a family murder story. While one evil creature dances with glee […]
This is one of two broadsides in the exhibition printed on colored paper. Thousands of copies published by Arroyo were issued on inexpensive reddish-orange and […]
Emiliano Zapata Salazar was a Mexican Revolutionary who gave his life defending the peasant class against oppressive upper-class landowners. As a fighter for land ownership […]
The sensationalism of true stories garnered much attention. This broadside presenting a case of cannibalism of a child must have certainly provoked interest as well […]
It was not uncommon for Arroyo to reprint broadsides years after the original publication. For example, this broadside with an initial date of ca. 1892, […]
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