José_Guadalupe_Posada,_Calavera_oaxaqueña,_broadsheet,_1903.jpg

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Description Calavera oaxaqueña by en:José Guadalupe Posada . Print shows a male skeleton dressed in a charro outfit wielding a machete among skulls and skeletons. Includes song lyrics and cartoon skeleton figures. Calaveras (skulls) are connected with the Mexican Día de los Muertos , and Posada was the acknowledged master of the imagery of calaveras. This image is named Calavera oaxaqueña (the skull from Oaxaca), likely after the rural get-up of the main figure.
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José Guadalupe Posada (1852–1913) wikidata:Q732526
José Guadalupe Posada
Alternative names
Guadalupe Posada; José Guadalupe Posada Aguilar; Jose Guadalupe Posada Aguilar; José-Guadalupe Posada; Jose Guadalupe Posada
Description Mexican cartoonist
Date of birth/death 2 February 1852 Edit this at Wikidata 20 January 1913 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Aguascalientes, Mexico Mexico City, Mexico
Work period 1871–1913
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creator QS:P170,Q732526
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