Corrido: El Chalequero (Francisco Guerrero Pérez)
Primary
José Guadalupe Posada
(Aguascalientes, Mexico, 1852–Mexico City, Mexico, 1913)
NationalityMexican, North America
Daten.d.
MediumRelief etching on type metal on pink paper
DimensionsSheet: 7 1/2 × 9 5/8 in. (19 × 24.5 cm)
Image: 3 1/8 × 4 1/4 in. (8 × 10.8 cm)
Image: 3 1/8 × 4 1/4 in. (8 × 10.8 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Gift of Thomas Cranfill, 1968; Transfer from the Harry Ransom Center, 1982.1123
Keywords
Rights Statement
Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number1982.1123
On View
Not on viewFrancisco Guerrero Pérez (1840–1910), also known as Antonio Prida, was the first serial killer to be captured in Mexico. Guerrero killed approximately twenty female prostitutes in Mexico City between 1880 and 1888. He also killed one woman whose status as a prostitute has been inconsistently reported.
Exhibitions
![The Devil Butts with His Head from 'El testerazo del diablo: Juguete pastoril en un acto [The Giant Head of the Devil: Pastoral Playlet in One Act]', Play cover](/internal/media/dispatcher/6618/thumbnail)
![El robo de La Profesa [The Theft at La Profesa (jewelry shop)]](/internal/media/dispatcher/1549/thumbnail)
![Don Ferruco y su amor [Don Ferruco and His Love] and Dialogo de calaveras 'Una Pareja Emocionada' [Dialogue of skeletons 'An Excited Couple'], both from 'El gran panteón amoroso [The big cemetery of lovers]](/internal/media/dispatcher/6325/thumbnail)
![Las Mañanitas [Mexican birthday song]](/internal/media/dispatcher/6369/thumbnail)
![Don Chepito Torrero [Don Chepito as a Bullfighter]](/internal/media/dispatcher/1545/thumbnail)
![Calavera de Don Quixote [Don Quixote's Skeleton]](/internal/media/dispatcher/1541/thumbnail)
![Corrido del automóvil [Ballad of the Automobile]](/internal/media/dispatcher/6380/thumbnail)
![2a Parte ejemplo los siete vicios [Second Part of the Example of the Seven Deadly Sins]](/internal/media/dispatcher/1547/thumbnail)
José Guadalupe Posada
1875
