The recto contains a full-page engraving with a woman in the foreground. Visible from the chest up and otherwise engulfed in flames and standing in front of a barred window, she gazes upwards and stretches an arm upward, showing the shackles around her wrists. Above this scene on a dais made of clouds, Mary and St. Joseph intercede. Three men in robes sitting on thrones represent the Holy Trinity, and they have triangular haloes. Angels attend to the scene. The text of the verso describes the experience of a soul in Purgatory and entreats the reader to consider such a fate. The bottom of the page is an invocation, asking the Holy Trinity to take pity on the reader's/writer's soul.
Alternative Title
The lonely soul
Date Created
1900
Creator
Jose Guadalupe Posada
Publisher
Antonio Vanegas Arroyo
Subject
Broadside|Mexico|Popular Devotion
Catholic Studies|Graphic Communications|Latin American Languages and Societies
Contributor
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