Broadside (recto) true verses about Lino Zamora from Real de Zacatecas (image of banderillero and bull by Manilla), and a funeral scene on verso (possibly by Posada)

Manuel Manilla Mexican
José Guadalupe Posada Mexican
Printer Antonio Vanegas Arroyo Mexican

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After the prohibition of bullfighting in Mexico City was lifted in 1894, it quickly developed into a public spectacle, and matadors became popular heroes. The matador Lino Zamora appears here in the guise of a banderillero, the person tasked with sticking barbed darts (banderillas) into the bull’s shoulders when the animal refused to charge after repeated calls. The verse on the lower part of the broadsheet (continuing on the back) describes Zamora’s death on August 14, 1886, when he was shot by a banderillero over their rivalry for a woman identified as Presciliana Granado.



Cuando la ley que prohibía las corridas de toros en Ciudad de México se abolió en 1894, se convirtieron rápidamente en un espectáculo público y los matadores pasaron a ser héroes populares. El matador Lino Zamora aparece aquí vestido de banderillero, la persona que tiene el cometido de clavar las banderillas en el morrillo del toro cuando el animal se niega a cargar tras varias llamadas. El poema que se puede leer en la parte inferior de la hoja volante y que continúa en el reverso describe la muerte de Zamora el 14 de agosto de 1886 a manos de un banderillero que le disparó por una disputa relacionada con una mujer identificada como Presciliana Granado.

Broadside (recto) true verses about Lino Zamora from Real de Zacatecas (image of banderillero and bull by Manilla), and a funeral scene on verso (possibly by Posada), Manuel Manilla (Mexican, Mexico City ca. 1830–1895 Mexico City), Type-metal engraving and letterpress on orange paper

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