The Calavera of the Bus Drivers | La calavera de los chafiretes
The Calavera of the Buses | La calavera de los camiones
Detail from | Detalle de: Gran calavera eléctrica, 1900
Big Electric Calavera | Gran calavera eléctrica
José Guadalupe Posada (illustrator | ilustrador)
Anonymous (author) | Anónimo (autor)
Gran calavera eléctrica
[Ciudad de] México: Imprenta de Antonio Vanegas Arroyo, 1900
This 1900 broadside is apparently the original publication in which the illustration on it appeared. It features verses satirizing the inauguration of the modern electric trolley line that connected downtown Mexico City with the country’s largest cemetery. The image depicts the main entrance to Panteón de Dolores—Dolores Cemetery—the resting place of many famous Mexicans—including Posada, who was buried there in 1913 in an unmarked grave.
Al parecer, cuando esta imagen apareció por primera vez en 1900, estaba satirizando la inauguración de la línea del moderno tranvía eléctrico que conectaba el centro de la Ciudad de México con el panteón más grande del país. El Panteón de Dolores, cuya entrada se aprecia al fondo de la imagen, es donde se encuentran los restos de varias personas famosas, entre ellas Posada, a quien enterraron ahí en una fosa común en 1913.
: The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs
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