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Broadsheet relating to the American Mosquito

Publisher Antonio Vanegas Arroyo Mexican
1903
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Hundreds of broadsheets addressing current affairs and illustrated by Posada were published by the Vanegas Arroyo workshop. This example has twelve ten-line stanzas covering both sides that relay verbal accounts from different parts of Mexico regarding the damage inflicted by "American pests." The stories seem to relate to US expansionism and intervention in Mexico enabled by Porfirio Díaz’s government. The image shows Mexicans of different ages and classes being attacked by mosquitos that are described in the text as inhuman, tyrannical, and rude.




El taller de Vanegas Arroyo publicó cientos de hojas volantes sobre temas de actualidad ilustradas por Posada. Esta lámina reúne en ambas caras doce estrofas de diez versos que recogen testimonios orales procedentes de diferentes zonas de México sobre los daños causados por las «plagas americanas». Las historias parecen tener relación con el expansionismo y la intervención de Estados Unidos que el Gobierno de Porfirio Díaz permitió en México. En la imagen, mexicanos de distintas edades y clases sufren el ataque de unos mosquitos que en el texto se describen como inhumanos, altaneros y groseros.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Broadsheet relating to the American Mosquito
  • Artist: José Guadalupe Posada (Mexican, Aguascalientes 1852–1913 Mexico City)
  • Publisher: Antonio Vanegas Arroyo (Mexican, 1850–1917)
  • Date: 1903
  • Medium: Type-metal engraving and letterpress on tan paper
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 11 13/16 × 7 7/8 in. (30 × 20 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1946
  • Object Number: 46.46.115
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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