Horrible suceso fraguado por el demonio y destruido por el admirable y portentoso milagro de Nuestra Sra. De Guadalupe, entre los esposos Maria Juliana Delgado y Pedro Garcia.

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The recto contains an engraving of a man holding a club in one hand and grasping the head of a kneeling woman in the other. Before the kneeling woman appears a comic-like illustration of the Virgin of Guadalupe framed by clouds. Behind the man is the figure of the devil in a cloud of smoke, with large ears, horns, a tail, and one cloven hoof and one bird's talon for feet. The text relays the story of Maria Juliana Delgado and her husband, Pedro Garcia. They are happily married for ten months before Pedro falls into the vices of drinking and gambling. Eventually he begins to beat Maria, becoming increasingly drunken and eventually gambling away even his clothes. He story describes that he approaches the devil to sell his soul for more funds to support his vices, but the devil replies that he already owns Pedro's soul. The devil asks for Maria's soul in exchange for money, which Pedro agrees to, asking for six years before he must deliver her to the devil. Pedro receives the money and after six years, brings Maria to the devil. Terrified, Maria prays to the Virgin of Guadalupe, who intercedes on her behalf, vanquishing the devil and saving Pedro's soul after he offers sincere repentance. At the bottom of the verso is a series of verses which retell the story.

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Horrible event plotted by the devil and destroyed by the admirable and portentous miracle of Our Lady of Guadalupe, between the spouses Maria Juliana Delgado and Pedro Garcia.

Date Created

1911

Creator

Jose Guadalupe Posada

Publisher

Antonio Vanegas Arroyo

Subject

Broadside|Mexico|Popular Devotion

Catholic Studies|Graphic Communications|Latin American Languages and Societies

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