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José Guadalupe Posada

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Fan account of José Guadalupe Posada, a Mexican political litographist who used relief printing to produce popular illustrations. 1852-1913 Automated thanks to @andreitr.bsky.social and @botfrens.bsky.social

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José Guadalupe Posada @joseposada.bsky.social · 1h
The Grim Reaper americanart.si.edu/collections/sear…
The Grim Reaper
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José Guadalupe Posada @joseposada.bsky.social · 5h
Sermon americanart.si.edu/collections/sear…
Sermon
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José Guadalupe Posada @joseposada.bsky.social · 23h
Public Servant americanart.si.edu/collections/sear…
Public Servant
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José Guadalupe Posada @joseposada.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Calavera of the Engraver americanart.si.edu/collections/sear…
Calavera of the Engraver
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José Guadalupe Posada @joseposada.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Untitled www.wikiart.org/en/jose-guadalupe-p…
Untitled
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José Guadalupe Posada @joseposada.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Bullfighter of Seville www.wikiart.org/en/jose-guadalupe-p…
The Bullfighter of Seville
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José Guadalupe Posada @joseposada.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Procession (The Virgin of Guadalupe) collections.artsmia.org/art/58732
Procession (The Virgin of Guadalupe)
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José Guadalupe Posada @joseposada.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
El Brindador Popular (The Toast), plate 4 from "25 Prints of Jose Guadalupe Posada" collections.artsmia.org/art/127551
two bearded standing men wearing long coats, vests and bow ties, with their arms around each other's shoulders; man at left holds a stemmed drinking glass; four other men seated at a table at left; text at top and bottom: "EL BRINDADOR / POPULAR / GUADERNO / NO. 3. / PUBLICADO / POR / A. VANDEGAS ARROYO. / MEXICO"
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José Guadalupe Posada @joseposada.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Poetaster americanart.si.edu/collections/sear…
Poetaster
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José Guadalupe Posada @joseposada.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Fat and Stylish americanart.si.edu/collections/sear…
Fat and Stylish
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José Guadalupe Posada @joseposada.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Ballad of Macario Romero www.wikiart.org/en/jose-guadalupe-p…
Ballad of Macario Romero
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José Guadalupe Posada @joseposada.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Advice to the Bride or Groom americanart.si.edu/collections/sear…
Advice to the Bride or Groom
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José Guadalupe Posada @joseposada.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Advice to a Young Lady americanart.si.edu/collections/sear…
Advice to a Young Lady
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José Guadalupe Posada @joseposada.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Editor's Reward americanart.si.edu/collections/sear…
The Editor's Reward
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José Guadalupe Posada @joseposada.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Life's Gifts americanart.si.edu/collections/sear…
Life's Gifts
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José Guadalupe Posada @joseposada.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Craftsman americanart.si.edu/collections/sear…
The Craftsman
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José Guadalupe Posada @joseposada.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Street Cleaner Calavera www.wikiart.org/en/jose-guadalupe-p…
Street Cleaner Calavera
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José Guadalupe Posada @joseposada.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Politics americanart.si.edu/collections/sear…
Politics
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José Guadalupe Posada @joseposada.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Ladies americanart.si.edu/collections/sear…
The Ladies
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José Guadalupe Posada @joseposada.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Hallowe'en Imp americanart.si.edu/collections/sear…
Hallowe'en Imp
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José Guadalupe Posada @joseposada.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The calavera of popular editor Antonio Vanegas Arroyo www.wikiart.org/en/jose-guadalupe-p…
The calavera of popular editor Antonio Vanegas Arroyo
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José Guadalupe Posada @joseposada.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The General americanart.si.edu/collections/sear…
The General
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José Guadalupe Posada @joseposada.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Corrido de los cuatro zapatistas fusilados www.wikiart.org/en/jose-guadalupe-p…
Corrido de los cuatro zapatistas fusilados
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José Guadalupe Posada @joseposada.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
El Doctor Improvisado (The Quack Doctor), plate 9 from "25 Prints of Jose Guadalupe Posada" collections.artsmia.org/art/127556
startled man at right holding a cane in his PL hand and carrying a pack on his back by a strap over his shoulders; skeleton wearing a cape and a hat approaching man from left; text at top and bottom: "EL DOCTOR / IMPROVISADO / CUENTO / EDITOR / A. VANEGAS ARROYO. MEXICO."
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José Guadalupe Posada @joseposada.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The Unwashed americanart.si.edu/collections/sear…
The Unwashed
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José Guadalupe Posada @joseposada.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Por Fingir Espantos (Frightened by a Ghost), plate 16 from "25 Prints of Jose Guadalupe Posada" collections.artsmia.org/art/127563
alarmed looking man seated on a bed, leaning over, with his PR hand in a chamber pot; small smiling figure pulling down on the corner of the bedclothes beneath man; text at top and bottom: "POUR FINJIR ESPANTOS / DIALOGO COMICO / EN UN ACTO. / EDITOR / PROPIETARIO / A. VANEGAS ARROYO. / MEXICO."
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José Guadalupe Posada @joseposada.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Drainage Calavera. Those who retired exactly on the Day of the Dead due to the drainage www.wikiart.org/en/jose-guadalupe-p…
Drainage Calavera. Those who retired exactly on the Day of the Dead due to the drainage
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José Guadalupe Posada @joseposada.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Drink americanart.si.edu/collections/sear…
Drink
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José Guadalupe Posada @joseposada.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
From this famous hippodrome on the racetrack, not even a single journalist is missing. Death is inexorable and doesn’t even respect... www.wikiart.org/en/jose-guadalupe-p…
From this famous hippodrome on the racetrack, not even a single journalist is missing. Death is inexorable and doesn’t even respect those that you see here on bicycle
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José Guadalupe Posada @joseposada.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Pretentious Coquette americanart.si.edu/collections/sear…
Pretentious Coquette
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José Guadalupe Posada @joseposada.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Ilustración para un Cuento (Illustration for a Story), plate 11 from "25 Prints of Jose Guadalupe Posada" collections.artsmia.org/art/127558
terrified young girl with curly dark hair, crouching on one knee in LRC while pushing away a black cloaked figure rushing toward her, with one hand on her head and one hand on her chin
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José Guadalupe Posada @joseposada.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The Bureaucrat americanart.si.edu/collections/sear…
The Bureaucrat
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José Guadalupe Posada @joseposada.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The Changing World americanart.si.edu/collections/sear…
The Changing World
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José Guadalupe Posada @joseposada.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Cover for "25 Prints of Jose Guadalupe Posada" collections.artsmia.org/art/127574
two pieces of thick cardboard covered with black and white striped fabric, tied through a pair of grommets with black ribbon (bottom ribbon lost); blue printing on cover ("JOSE GUADALUPE POSADA 1851 1913"); interior of front cover is a colored newsprint collage with rust red and turquoise; back cover has grey envelope attached with index and title page; brown shoelace closure
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José Guadalupe Posada @joseposada.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Self-Made Man americanart.si.edu/collections/sear…
Self-Made Man
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José Guadalupe Posada @joseposada.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Politician americanart.si.edu/collections/sear…
Politician
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José Guadalupe Posada @joseposada.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Jumble of Skeletons of Newspaper Boys www.wikiart.org/en/jose-guadalupe-p…
Jumble of Skeletons of Newspaper Boys
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José Guadalupe Posada @joseposada.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The Foolish Middle Years americanart.si.edu/collections/sear…
The Foolish Middle Years
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José Guadalupe Posada @joseposada.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The Successful Writer americanart.si.edu/collections/sear…
The Successful Writer
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José Guadalupe Posada @joseposada.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Honorable Man americanart.si.edu/collections/sear…
Honorable Man
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José Guadalupe Posada @joseposada.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Financier americanart.si.edu/collections/sear…
Financier
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José Guadalupe Posada @joseposada.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The Tamale americanart.si.edu/collections/sear…
The Tamale
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José Guadalupe Posada @joseposada.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Calavera of the Lord of the Follies and the Black Man www.wikiart.org/en/jose-guadalupe-p…
Calavera of the Lord of the Follies and the Black Man
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José Guadalupe Posada @joseposada.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Los 41 maricones www.wikiart.org/en/jose-guadalupe-p…
Los 41 maricones
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José Guadalupe Posada @joseposada.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Untitled www.wikiart.org/en/jose-guadalupe-p…
Untitled
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José Guadalupe Posada @joseposada.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Calavera de intervencion www.wikiart.org/en/jose-guadalupe-p…
Calavera de intervencion
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José Guadalupe Posada @joseposada.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Calavera from Oaxaca www.wikiart.org/en/jose-guadalupe-p…
Calavera from Oaxaca
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José Guadalupe Posada @joseposada.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Calavera of the Tailor americanart.si.edu/collections/sear…
Calavera of the Tailor
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José Guadalupe Posada @joseposada.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Calavera from Oaxaca www.wikiart.org/en/jose-guadalupe-p…
Calavera from Oaxaca
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José Guadalupe Posada @joseposada.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
El Automóvil (The Automobile), plate 24 from "25 Prints of Jose Guadalupe Posada" collections.artsmia.org/art/127571
couple seated in a small old car with white tires, seen from PR side, with decorative scrolls around edges of image; text at top and bottom: "EL AUTOMOVIL / NUEVA COLECCION DE CANCIONES / PARA EL / PRESENTE / ANO. / RECOPILADAS / por / A. VANEGAS ARROYO. / MEXICO."
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