Broadsheet relating to a bullfight with the famous bullfighter Rodolfo Gaona in the ring at Puebla on 13 December 1908, a description in the bottom section continuing on verso ending with an image of him jumping over a bull
Medium
Zincograph and letterpress on tan paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 12 in. × 7 7/8 in. (30.5 × 20 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1946
Accession Number
46.46.145
Tags
About the Artist
Manuel Manilla|Antonio Vanegas Arroyo|José Guadalupe Posada
Manuel Manilla was a Mexican engraver and printmaker active in Mexico City during the late nineteenth century, where he became one of the most prolific popular artists of his era. Working primarily for the publishing house of Antonio Vanegas Arroyo, Manilla produced hundreds of woodcut and metal engravings that illustrated broadsheets, corridos, and cheap printed literature consumed by a wide urba...