calaveras del monton no 2 t shirt jose guadalupe posada Color:White watercolors and drawings

watercolors and drawings

Title: Two–masted Schooner with Dory

Museum-quality posters made on thick matte paper

Original from the THE MET

Date: 1922

calaveras del monton no 2 t shirt jose guadalupe posada Color:White watercolors and drawingsThis illustration shows the skeleton of a drunken peon wearing a sombrero, serape and sandals. The distinctive mustache and beard identify the Calavera as Francisco Madero (initiator of the Mexican Revolution and President of Mexico 1911 1913). Madero's legacy is somewhat controversial, but he is still considered an important figure in Mexican history. In this illustration, Posada pokes fun at Madero's privileged background. He is holding a bottle of