A black-and-white printed leaflet with Spanish text below an illustration of a man with a knife stabbing a man on the ground as a devil pushes him forward.

Espantoso suceso

José Guadalupe Posada (1852-1913)

Date

1911
Object Type

Prints
Medium

Zinc etching
Contributors

Printed by Antonio Vanegas Arroyo
Dimensions

11 7/8 x 8 in.
Inscriptions

Recto:
c.: ESPANTOSO SUCESO \ Pedro Lara fué arrebatado por un hurecan porcapricho de viviir en amasiato con \ su comadre de bautizo y haber dado muerte à puñaladas à sus buenos pades.
Verso:
MORALEJA. \ Arbol que crece torcido nunca su \ tronco endereza. JUSTICIA DE DIOS
l.l. to l.r.: Imprenta de Antonio Vanegas Arroyo, 2a. de Santa Teresa número 43 MEXICO 1911.
Collection Name

José Guadalupe Posada Collection
Credit Line

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

1978.93
Copyright

Public domain

Location: Off view

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