¡Horripilantísimo Suceso! (Terrifying Event!)

1905

Medium: Zinc etching
Dimensions: sheet: 11 5/8 × 7 11/16 in. (29.5 × 19.6 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Holmes Pearson, B.A. 1932, Ph.D. 1941
Accession Number: 1954.4.8
Geography: Made in Mexico
Culture: Mexican
Period: 19th century
Classification: Prints
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Inscribed in plate below image, C: "¡Horripilantísimo Suceso! / Una madre que descuartiza á su hijo recien nacido / en dieciocho pedazos, el Martes 15 / de Agosto de 1905." (= Horrific and frightening crime! A woman who cut up her newborn baby in 18 pieces, on Tuesday August 15th, 1905.); also below image and title text, there are two columns of text in Spanish, as well as on verso.

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¡Horripilantísimo Suceso! (Terrifying Event!) Artist: José Guadalupe Posada (Mexican, 1852–1913)

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