Broadside depicting a man standing on a stool offering advice to those gathered before him on the subject of reading character types according to the month in which they were born (Manilla), a strip of figures dividing the text (Posada) and an elegantly dressed man and woman on verso (Posada)

Manuel Manilla Mexican

José Guadalupe Posada Mexican

Printer Antonio Vanegas Arroyo Mexican

1903 (published)

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Title: Broadside depicting a man standing on a stool offering advice to those gathered before him on the subject of reading character types according to the month in which they were born (Manilla), a strip of figures dividing the text (Posada) and an elegantly dressed man and woman on verso (Posada)
Artist: Manuel Manilla (Mexican, Mexico City ca. 1830–1895 Mexico City)
Artist: José Guadalupe Posada (Mexican, Aguascalientes 1852–1913 Mexico City)
Printer: Antonio Vanegas Arroyo (Mexican, 1850–1917)
Date: 1903 (published)
Medium: Photo-relief, woodcut, wood engraving and letterpress on brown paper
Dimensions: Sheet: 13 3/4 × 8 11/16 in. (35 × 22 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1946
Object Number: 46.46.346
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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