Antonio Vanegas Arroyo (Firm), publisher. Posada, José Guadalupe, 1852-1913, artist. still image Broadsides Mexican 1890-1900. gmgpc Mexico City : Antonio Vanegas Arroyo, [1899] spa Broadside, recto, shows skeletons in pandemonium because of cataclysmic natural events around them. There are also three small skeletons heading the text. The text, a calavera in verse (epitaph), predicts an apocalypse as the year 1899 ends. The verso shows grieving skeletons at a graveyard attending a funeral, one is flung over a grave crying. There are also six small skeletons and skulls in between the text which is titled "A remembrance, my friends, from one who today is a calavera, lets begin to talk about Arnulfo Arroyo, who is truly dead." The text, also a calavera in verse, conveys how Arroyo through a plot was killed by his friend Velásquez and how he is waiting for everyone on the other side--in the afterlife. Imprenta de Antonio Vanegas Arroyo, Calle de Santa Teresa núm 1. México. Caroline and Erwin Swann; Forms part of: Caroline and Erwin Swann collection of caricature and cartoon (Library of Congress). Funeral rites & ceremonies--Mexico--1890-1900. Grief--1890-1900. Death--Mexico--1890-1900. End of the world--Mexico--1890-1900. Skeletons--1890-1900. Caroline and Erwin Swann collection of caricature and cartoon (Library of Congress) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsc.04579 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsc.04580 Restricted access: Materials extremely fragile; No known restrictions on reproduction in the U.S.; use elsewhere may be restricted by other countries' laws.