Description
A collection of four chapbooks and
seventeen chapbook covers dating from approximately the 1890s to the 1910s with artwork
illustrated by Mexican lithographer José Guadalupe Posada (1852-1913). The materials were
all printed for various publications produced by Mexican editor Antonio Vanegas
Arroyo.
Background
José Guadalupe Posada (1852-1913) born in Aguascalientes, Mexico, was a Mexican
lithographer and engraver. In 1870, Posada joined printer José Trinidad Pedroza's studio and
worked with him in Aguascalientes and León until 1888 when Posada relocated to Mexico
City.
Extent
0.83 Linear Feet
(1 folder)
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