A yellowed black-and-white print of people watching a comet moving through the night sky above a block of Spanish text.

El Cometa del Centenario de la Independencia, México 1810-1910

José Guadalupe Posada (1852-1913)

Date

1910
Object Type

Prints
Medium

Zinc etching
Dimensions

Sheet: 11 7/8 x 7 15/16 in.
Inscriptions

Recto:
u.l.: EL COMETA
u.r.: DEL CENTENARIO \ de la Independencia \ 1810- MEXICO- 1910.
Verso:
VERSOS DEL COMETA \ La Morenita. (Danza) \ El Apasionado. \ CANCION MODERNA
l.l. to l.r.: Imp. A Vanegas Arroyo. 2a de Sta Teresa núm 43. 1910
Collection Name

José Guadalupe Posada Collection
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
Accession Number

1978.75
Copyright

Public domain

Location: Off view

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