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[Gran calavera eléctrica] - Print, Library of Congress collection
Summary
Print shows large skeleton hypnotizing a group of skulls and a sitting skeleton; an electric street car, with skeletons as passengers, is in the background.
This image is identical to the image used in the upper half of the recto of broadside PGA - Vanegas, no. 113.
Attributed to Antonio Vanegas Arroyo (Firm) as publisher.
Bequest and gift; Caroline and Erwin Swann; 1977; (DLC/PP-1977:215.605).
Forms part of: Caroline and Erwin Swann collection of caricature and cartoon (Library of Congress).
Collection of Skulls, bones and skeletons.
Tags
Date
01/01/1900
Contributors
Antonio Vanegas Arroyo (Firm), publisher
Posada, José Guadalupe, 1852-1913, artist
Location
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on reproduction in the U.S.; use elsewhere may be restricted by other countries' laws.
