Las Próximas Ejecuciones de Justicia. Cuatro sentenciados á muerte. (The Next Executions of Justice: Four Sentenced to Death) Artist: José Guadalupe Posada (Mexican, 1852–1913)

ca.1890–1910

Prints and Drawings

By appointment, Duffy Study Room
Medium

Type-metal Engraving

Dimensions

sheet: 15 1/4 × 11 5/16 in. (38.8 × 28.8 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Holmes Pearson, B.A. 1932, Ph.D. 1941

Accession Number

1954.4.9

Geography

Made in Mexico

Culture

Mexican

Period

19th century

Classification

Prints

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Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Bibliography
  • Ronnie C Tyler, Posada's Mexico, exh. cat. (Washington: Library of Congress, 1979), 220, no. 117
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
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Inscriptions

Inscribed in plate, UC: "LAS PROXIMAS EJECUCIONES DE JUSTICIA. / Cuatro sentenciados á muerte. / Luis Izaguirre.—Bruno Martínez.—Francisco Guerrero y Alberto Fernández." (= the next executions of justice. Four senteneced to death.); also below image there are two columns of text in Spanish and below that are 4 columns of poetry in Spanish

Signed

Posada, Jose Guadalupe 1851-1913

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