Celestinas in a 19th century comic magazine, by El Fandango (1891)

Celestinas in a 19th century comic magazine, by El Fandango (1891)

El Fandango

1891

Various representations of Celestinas or celestinesque characters in the weekly magazine "El Fandango: Weekly dance dedicated to the beautiful male sex" (1891). We can see the figures that remind of Celestina as old women, with their heads covered following the Celestina tradition. Many of these figures appear either with a young prostitute or with a couple where the young man acts as a client, the young woman as a prostitute, and the old woman as a procuress.

Text on the first image:
"He. - Lovely woman
of complete qualities
She must be a lady...
-She's worth five pesetas!
says the companion."

Engraving.
Dimensions: Unknown.