1914 El Sargento Juan Diaz Muerte Mexican Crime Broadside Jose Guadalupe Posada

Date: 1914Artist: Posada, Jose Guadalupe    Size (in): 15.875” x 11.875”Size (cm): 40.3 x 30.2Condition: BLinen backed: No This is an original antique Mexican crime broadside published by Antonio Vanegas Arroyo in 1914 and illustrated with an engraving created by prolific and highly influential Mexican artist and printmaker Jose Guadalupe Posada.  This broadside concerns the case of El Sargento Juan Diaz who was charged with murdering his commanding officer with a  Mauser firearm.  The broadside describes the crime and trial that followed in which an unrepentant and surly Juan Diaz was sentenced to death for murder.  The masthead of the broadside reads: EL SARGENTO JUAN DIAZ CONDENADO A MUERTE No hay esperanza de salvación para el reo.  The broadside features an engraving of Diaz standing at trial before the judge signed in print “POSADA – MEX.”   The lower margin is printed “4a IMPRENTA 74. – MEXICO, JUNIO DE 1914.”  and “PRECIO 3 CENTAVOS”.  This antique original Mexican sensatio