Calavera of the Presidential Elections | Calavera de las elecciones presidenciales
Printing block | Bloque de impresión
Detail from | Detalle de: La Terrible Calavera de 1897, 1897
Don Chepito's Speech Addressed to All Calaveras | Discurso que dirige don Chepito a todas las calaveras
José Guadalupe Posada (illustrator | ilustrador)
Anonymous (author) | Anónimo (autor)
Discurso que dirge don Chepito a todas las calavaeras
[Ciudad de] México: Imprenta de Antonio Vanegas Arroyo, 1897
This broadside, though damaged, is a very rare surviving copy of what is probably the first published appearance of this design of Don Chepito Mariguano. After giving a long speech to the entire graveyard full of calaveras, he finds the skull of his deceased lover and mourns her: “Where is all that beauty / That you used to have in your human body?”
Esta desgastada hoja volante es uno de los pocos ejemplares conocidos de la probable primera vez que fue publicada esta imagen de don Chepito Mariguano. Después de dar un largo discurso frente a un panteón lleno de calaveras, se encuentra el cráneo de su amante y lamenta su muerte mientras le dice: “¿Dónde está tanta belleza / que tuviste en cuerpo humano?”
: The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs
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