El corrido de la muerte

Title: El corrido de la muerte
Title Translation: Death's ballad
Creator(s): Antonio Vanegas Arroyo (Firm), publisher
Related Names:
Posada, José Guadalupe, 1852-1913 , artist
Date Created/Published: Mexico City : Antonio Vanegas Arroyo, [between 1890 and 1909]
Summary: Broadside shows small calaveras, or skeletons, five of which make reference to Asian individuals. The text is classically a calavera in verse (epitaph). On the verso there is an image of Don Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla with three men and church. This image is accompanied by a song commemorating the centennial of the Mexican Independence titled '100 años despues' (100 years later).
Notes:
Tip Antonio Vanegas Arroyo. Calle de Sta. Teresa Núm 1. México.
Bequest and gift; Caroline and Erwin Swann; 1977; (DLC/PP-1977:215.287).
Exhibited in 'Posada's Mexico,' Library of Congress, 1979-1980.
Forms part of: Caroline and Erwin Swann collection of caricature and cartoon (Library of Congress).
Subjects:
Hidalgo y Costilla, Miguel,--1753-1811.
Death--1890-1910.
Skeletons--1890-1910.
Asians--1890-1910.
Independence Day (Mexico)--1890-1910.
Mexico--History--Wars of Independence, 1810-1821.
Ballads--Mexican--1890-1910.
Broadsides--Mexican--1890-1910.
Ethnic stereotypes--1890-1910.
Portraits--1890-1910.
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