Posada, Jose Guadalupe

Suicidio Causado por Envenenamiento y Celos de Dos Señoritas en el Bosque de Chapultepec a Inmediaciones del Castillo [caption title]

Mexico City: Vanegas Arroyo, [ca. 1905]. Broadsheet, 11.25 x 8 inches. Printed on yellow paper. Left edge a bit raggedly trimmed. Minor wear and soiling. Very good plus. Item #3455

Scarce, Posada-illustrated broadsheet commemorating the deaths by suicide of Maria Fuentes and Guadalupe Ortiz. The two friends discovered they were both being courted by the same suitor, and subsequently made a suicide pact and drank poison in a park. A farewell song and a large skull and crossbones engraving occupy the verso. Rare -- we locate copies at the Library of Congress, the Getty, and the University of Hawaii.

Price: $500.00