calaveras del monton no 2 t shirt jose guadalupe posada Color:White Date: 1922

Date: 1922

Married Eva Madeline Shiff (see entry) in 1922 and in 1923 they settled in Woodstock

Army during World War I for his expertise in the field

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lithography

calaveras del monton no 2 t shirt jose guadalupe posada Color:White Date: 1922This 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