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Prepared from the source scan: surroundings removed and the sheet levelled where required. The source record remains available below.
Five Schools, Built to Deepen · Posada — Broadsides & Calaveras
Juego de la Oca, the Game of the Goose, by José Guadalupe Posada, c.1900
José Guadalupe Posada (1852-1913) · Vanegas Arroyo game sheet, 1900
Format
Archival pigment giclée on museum-grade matte art paper, color-managed to the source scan — the flat inks and stone grain intact. The 40×60 is the room-changer.
Size
$39.00
What it is
A Game of the Goose board, a relief etching with letterpress. Sixty-three numbered squares spiral to the centre, each with people, birds, animals or objects, and children play outdoors in the four corners.
Why it matters
The Library of Congress record says the game reached a circulation of about five million copies and amused generations of Mexican children.
What to notice
The rules are printed in the centre of the spiral, where the game ends.
A broadside you played rather than read.
Provenance
- School
- Posada — Broadsides & Calaveras (Various)
- Designer
- José Guadalupe Posada (1852-1913)
- Printer / house
- Antonio Vanegas Arroyo, Mexico City
- Format
- Broadside
- Poster published
- Vanegas Arroyo game sheet, 1900
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LoC ppmsc.03447
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the poster’s own publication year. Cleared by registry on 2026-11-01.
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