Calavera del cólera morbo,Cholera,snakes,social classes,Mexico,José Posada,1910

Title: La calavera del cólera morbo
Title Translation: The calavera of the morbid cholera
Creator(s): Antonio Vanegas Arroyo (Firm), publisher
Related Names:
Posada, José Guadalupe, 1852-1913 , artist
Date Created/Published: Mexico City : Antonio Vanegas Arroyo 1910.
Summary: Broadside shows a man with the body of a snake in the center of a group of skulls, representing the disease cholera, his arms are outstretched and tongue out. Flying insects surround him. The skulls that surround him are depicted with worldy objects. The image is accompanied by a sarcastic and ironic ballad describing how cholera has afflicted the various social classes of Mexican society. Death kills everyone, regardless of the their place in society.
Notes:
Imprenta de Antonio Vanegas Arroyo. 2a de Santa Teresa número 43. México. 1910. A.E.
Posada's Mexico / Ron Tyler. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1979, p. 267.
Purchase; Caroline and Erwin Swann Memorial Fund; 1978; (DLC/PP-1978:110.004).
Subjects:
Cholera--Mexico--1910.
Snakes--1910.
Skulls--1910.
Social classes--Mexico--1910.
Broadsides--Mexican--1910.
Cartoons (Commentary)--Mexican--1910.
Bookmark /99615954/
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