Artworks · José Guadalupe Posada

Saint Theresa

1890 · Lithograph

Sheet: 6 1/2 × 11 7/8 in. (16.5 × 30.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A picador on horseback stabbing a bull

1890 · Zincograph

Sheet: 3 11/16 × 5 1/2 in. (9.3 × 14 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Bullfighters (Los toreros [juguete]) from 25 Prints of José Guadalupe Posada

1890 · Engraving from a portfolio of seventeen engravings and eight etchings

composition: 6 15/16 x 2 1/4" (17.6 x 5.7 cm); sheet: 7 3/16 x 5 3/16" (18.3 x 13.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Portrait of a Man (Retrato) from 25 Prints of José Guadalupe Posada

1890 · Engraving from a portfolio of seventeen engravings and eight etchings

composition: 3 1/16 x 2 3/8" (7.7 x 6 cm); sheet: 7 1/4 x 6 1/16" (18.4 x 15.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

To Die Dreaming (Morir Soñando) from 25 Prints of José Guadalupe Posada

1890 · Engraving from a portfolio of seventeen engravings and eight etchings

composition: 5 1/4 x 3 7/16" (13.4 x 8.7 cm); sheet: 7 5/16 x 5 9/16" (18.5 x 14.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

How to Scare Ghosts (Por Finjir Espantos) from 25 Prints of José Guadalupe Posada

1890 · Etching from a portfolio of seventeen engravings and eight etchings

composition: 5 1/4 x 3 7/16" (13.4 x 8.7 cm); sheet: 7 1/16 x 5 1/2" (18 x 14 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Veterinarian (El Veterinario) from 25 Prints of José Guadalupe Posada

1890 · Engraving from a portfolio of seventeen engravings and eight etchings

composition: 5 3/16 x 3 7/16" (13.1 x 8.7 cm); sheet: 7 5/16 x 5 5/8" (18.5 x 14.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Burial (El Sepelio) from 25 Prints of José Guadalupe Posada

1890 · Etching from a portfolio of seventeen engravings and eight etchings

composition: 3 7/16 x 13/16" (8.7 x 2 cm); sheet: 7 3/8 x 5 3/8" (18.7 x 13.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Quack Doctor (El Doctor Improvisado) from 25 Prints of José Guadalupe Posada

1890 · Engraving from a portfolio of seventeen engravings and eight etchings

composition: 5 3/16 x 3 3/8" (13.2 x 8.5 cm); sheet: 7 5/16 x 5 1/2" (18.5 x 14 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Testing the Devil (El Testerazo del Devil) from 25 Prints of José Guadalupe Posada

1890 · Engraving from a portfolio of seventeen engravings and eight etchings

composition: 5 1/4 x 3 3/8" (13.4 x 8.6 cm); sheet: 7 1/16 x 5 1/4" (18 x 13.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Sweepers (Los Patinadores) from 25 Prints of José Guadalupe Posada

1890 · Engraving from a portfolio of seventeen engravings and eight etchings

composition: 5 3/8 x 3 1/2" (13.6 x 8.9 cm); sheet: 7 1/16 x 5 1/4" (18 x 13.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Gamblerfrom 25 Prints of José Guadalupe Posada

1890 · Engraving from a portfolio of seventeen engravings and eight etchings

composition: 3 1/4 x 2" (8.2 x 5.1cm); sheet: 7 1/16 x 5 3/8" (18 x 13.7cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Illustration for a Song (Illustración para un Cuento) from 25 Prints of José Guadalupe Posada

1890 · Engraving from a portfolio of seventeen engravings and eight etchings

composition: 2 9/16 x 2 11/16" (6.5 x 6.9 cm); sheet: 7 1/16 x 5 9/16" (18 x 14.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

25 Prints of José Guadalupe Posada

1890 · Portfolio of seventeen engravings and eight etchings

composition (see child records): various dimensions; sheet (see child records): various dimensions

Museum of Modern Art

Ejemplar y ciertisimo suceso en la Republica Mexicana (Exemplary and Truest Success in the Mexican Republic)

1889 · Relief engraving on tan wove paper

Image: 36.2 × 26.3 cm (14 5/16 × 10 3/8 in.); Sheet: 40.1 × 29.8 cm (15 13/16 × 11 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The "Typical"

1889 · Relief etching on zinc on paper

18.1 × 13.5 cm (7 3/16 × 5 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Calavera of the Cyclists (Calavera las biciletas)

1889 · Relief engraving

composition: 5 7/8 x 10 1/2" (14.9 x 26.6cm); sheet: 5 7/8 x 10 9/16" (14.9 x 26.9cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Clerical Calavera (Calavera Clerical)

1889 · Relief engraving

composition: 2 9/16 x 2 5/16" (6.5 x 5.8 cm); sheet: 2 11/16 x 2 3/8" (6.9 x 6 cm); mount: 11 9/16 x 8 7/16" (29.4 x 21.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

March Dedicated to General C. Porfirio Diaz

1888 · Relief engraving or photo relief etching (left) and photo relief etching (right) on green wove paper

20.1 × 39.9 cm (7 15/16 × 15 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The apparation of the ghost of don Juan Manuel to Pachita la Alfajorera

1888 · Type-metal engraving

Sheet: 4 1/2 × 8 1/4 in. (11.5 × 21 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Calavera of the Good Defenders (Calaveras Los Buenos Valedores)

1888 · Relief engraving

composition: 3 1/16 x 2 1/2" (7.8 x 6.3cm); sheet: 3 5/16 x 2 5/8" (8.4 x 6.6cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Scintillating and Amusing Calavera of Doña Tomasa and Simon, The Water Carrier (Chispeante y divertida Calavera de Doña Tomasa y Simon el Aquador)

1888 · Relief engraving

composition: 6 x 8 11/16" (15.2 x 22.1 cm); sheet: 6 1/4 x 8 7/8" (15.8 x 22.5 cm); mount: 9 1/4 x 11 11/16" (23.5 x 29.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

A Jig Beyond the Grave (El Jarabe en Ultratumba)

1888 · Relief engraving

composition (irreg.): 4 15/16 x 8 5/16" (12.5 x 21.1 cm); sheet: 4 15/16 x 8 5/16" (12.5 x 21.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Ballad of the End of the World (Corrido: El fin del mundo)

1888 · Relief engraving

composition: 4 5/8 x 6 1/4" (11.7 x 15.9cm); sheet: 4 3/4 x 6 3/8" (12.1 x 16.2cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Don't Forget Me! (¡Ni acquí te olvidaré!)

1888 · Relief engraving

composition: 3 1/8 x 2 1/2" (8 x 6.3cm); sheet: 3 5/16 x 2 5/8" (8.4 x 6.7cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Alcoholic Calavera (Calavera alcohólica)

1888 · Relief engraving

composition: 9 x 5 1/2" (22.8 x 13.9cm); sheet: 9 3/16 x 5 5/8" (23.3 x 14.3cm); mount: 11 11/16 x 8 7/8" (29.7 x 22.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Death of Aurelio Caballero from Yellow Fever in Veracruz

1887 · Relief engraving or photo relief etching on wove paper

39.9 × 30.1 cm (15 3/4 × 11 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Escape of Jesus Bruno Martinez from Belen Prison

1887 · Relief engraving or photo relief etching on wove paper

40 × 29.7 cm (15 3/4 × 11 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Execution of Jesus Bruno Martinez

1887 · Type-metal engraving

Sheet: 5 3/16 × 7 3/16 in. (13.1 × 18.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Guadalupe Bejarano in the Dungeons of Belén Prison

1886 · Relief engraving or photo relief etching on wove paper

39.8 × 30 cm (15 11/16 × 11 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Don Chepito witnessing a boxing match between two men (one black, the other white)

1886 · Type-metal engraving

Sheet: 3 1/4 × 4 13/16 in. (8.3 × 12.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The trial of the killers of Tomas Hernandez Aguirre, from a broadside entitled 'El jurado de los asesinos del Sr. Tomás Hernábdez Aguirre. Defensa de los reos. La sentencia. Actitud de los criminales'

1885 · Type-metal engraving

Sheet: 6 × 9 in. (15.2 × 22.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A man stabbing another man in the chest while his associates loot a store, from a broadside entitled 'The theft at La Profesa'

1885 · Type-metal engraving

Sheet: 6 1/8 × 9 1/8 in. (15.5 × 23.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A male and female skeleton talking (vignette for the feast of the dead)

1885 · Type-metal engraving

Sheet: 3 1/4 × 2 1/2 in. (8.2 × 6.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Plate 6: Terrible fate of a child snatched to hell because of a dog

1885 · Type-metal engraving

Sheet: 4 5/8 × 6 11/16 in. (11.8 × 17 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Plate 3: miracle that took place in the hacienda of the Lecheria

1885 · Type-metal engraving

Sheet: 4 3/4 × 6 11/16 in. (12 × 17 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Plate 8: a man murdering another with a rock

1885 · Type-metal engraving

Sheet: 4 3/4 × 6 11/16 in. (12 × 17 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Plate 4: The murder of a man by a knife thrown by a woman

1885 · Type-metal engraving

Sheet: 4 9/16 × 6 11/16 in. (11.6 × 17 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Female skeleton playing the guitar (vignette for the feast of the dead)

1885 · Type-metal engraving (photomechanical reproduction?, letterpress on verso)

Sheet: 2 3/4 × 2 3/8 in. (7 × 6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A skeleton wearing a hat having a drink (vignette for the feast of the dead)

1885 · Type-metal engraving

Sheet: 2 9/16 × 1 15/16 in. (6.5 × 5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A skeleton dressed as a military figure (vignette for the feast of the dead)

1885 · Type-metal engraving

Sheet: 2 3/4 × 2 3/16 in. (7 × 5.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A male skeleton walking behind a female skeleton (vignette for the feast of the dead)

1885 · Type-metal engraving

Sheet: 3 1/8 × 2 9/16 in. (8 × 6.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A skeleton wearing a bishop's mitre reading a book (vignette for the feast of the dead)

1885 · Type-metal engraving

Sheet: 2 9/16 × 2 3/8 in. (6.5 × 6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Elegantly dressed male and female skeletons arm in arm (vignette for the feast of the dead)

1885 · Type-metal engraving

Sheet: 3 1/4 × 2 9/16 in. (8.2 × 6.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A male skeleton on his knees before a female skeleton (vignette for the feast of the dead)

1885 · Type-metal engraving

Sheet: 3 3/8 × 2 5/8 in. (8.5 × 6.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Two male skeletons in suits dancing (vignette for the feast of the dead)

1885 · Type-metal engraving

Sheet: 2 9/16 × 3 1/4 in. (6.5 × 8.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Artisan skeletons

1885 · Type-metal engraving

Sheet: 4 3/4 × 7 1/2 in. (12 × 19 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Plate 7: suicide of an invidious plutocrat

1885 · Type-metal engraving

Sheet: 4 3/4 × 6 11/16 in. (12 × 17 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art