Artworks · José Guadalupe Posada

Plate 5: A woman pouring lead into the ear of her sleeping husband

1885 · Type-metal engraving

Sheet: 4 3/4 × 6 11/16 in. (12 × 17 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

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

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

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

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 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

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

Skeleton playing the guitar, from a broaside entitled 'De este famoso hipodromo en la pista, no faltara ni un solo periodista', published by Antonio Vanegas Arroyo.

1884 · Zincograph

Sheet: 7/8 × 13/16 in. (2.3 × 2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Skeleton sitting on a chair and reading a newspaper, from a broaside entitled 'De este famoso hipodromo en la pista, no faltara ni un solo periodista', published by Antonio Vanegas Arroyo.

1884 · Zincograph

Sheet: 1 3/16 × 7/8 in. (3 × 2.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Skeleton firing a canon, from a broaside entitled 'De este famoso hipodromo en la pista, no faltara ni un solo periodista', published by Antonio Vanegas Arroyo.

1884 · Zincograph

Sheet: 1 1/16 × 1 3/8 in. (2.7 × 3.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Skeleton standing in a pulpit, from a broaside entitled 'De este famoso hipodromo en la pista, no faltara ni un solo periodista', published by Antonio Vanegas Arroyo.

1884 · Zincograph

Sheet: 1 1/16 × 13/16 in. (2.7 × 2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

True Verses about Lino Zamora

1882 · Photo relief etching on green wove paper

29.9 × 20 cm (11 13/16 × 7 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Heavens for a Kiss

1880 · Zinc engraving in black on paper (double-sided)

Sheet: 20.3 × 30 cm (8 × 11 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Horrible Murder!

1880 · Relief engraving or photo relief etching on tan wove paper

30 × 19.7 cm (11 13/16 × 7 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Patriotic Speeches

1880 · Relief engraving on zinc on paper

14.9 × 19.5 cm (5 7/8 × 7 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Lottery Game

1880 · Relief engraving or photo relief etching on tan wove paper

Image: 30 × 40 cm (11 13/16 × 15 3/4 in.); Sheet: 30.2 × 40 cm (11 15/16 × 15 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Great Bargain Sale, Selling All Mother-in-Laws

1880 · Relief engraving on wove paper

Art Institute of Chicago

Horrible Murder! Shocking Parricide Committed by the Infamous Bernabe Manrique

1880 · Photo relief etching on wove paper

Art Institute of Chicago

The Lovely Garbanzo-Sellers as Calaveras

1880 · Relief etching on red wove paper

Art Institute of Chicago

The Centennial of Mexico's Independence in the Year 1910

1875 · Photo relief etching on green wove paper

30.1 × 40.3 cm (11 7/8 × 15 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

A vendor selling toys

1875 · Zincograph

Sheet: 5 1/2 × 2 1/2 in. (14 × 6.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A group of men looking at a man's back with an image of the Crucifixion

1875 · Zincograph

Sheet: 3 7/16 × 5 11/16 in. (8.8 × 14.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A woman (Maria la Chiquita) in a prison cell

1875 · Type-metal engraving

Sheet: 2 5/8 × 2 3/16 in. (6.7 × 5.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A man with a glass in his hand looking downwards and leaning on a table, an illustration from 'El huérfano'

1875 · Type-metal engraving

Sheet: 3 9/16 × 5 1/2 in. (9 × 14 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A revolutionary holding a rifle and kneeling to protect a fallen revolutionary

1875 · Zincograph

Sheet: 4 7/16 × 6 3/4 in. (11.3 × 17.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Street fight between four men

1875 · Type-metail engraving

Sheet: 3 11/16 × 5 5/16 in. (9.3 × 13.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A woman wrapped in a shawl

1875 · Woodcut (?)

Sheet: 3 11/16 × 1 1/2 in. (9.3 × 3.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A profile of a man with a dark mustache looking to the right

1875 · Woodcut

Sheet: 1 in. × 7/8 in. (2.5 × 2.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A courtroom scene

1875 · Type-metal engraving

Sheet: 4 3/4 × 6 3/8 in. (12 × 16.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A firing squad executing two men, a priest and other figures in the background

1875 · Type-metal engraving

Sheet: 4 5/8 × 6 3/4 in. (11.8 × 17.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A man in uniform and a woman in a shawl and skirt raising their glasses to one another

1875 · Woodcut

Sheet: 1 15/16 × 1 1/2 in. (5 × 3.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Federal soldier

1875 · Type-metal engraving

Sheet: 4 15/16 × 2 1/16 in. (12.5 × 5.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Profile of a woman wearing an evening gown

1875 · Woodcut

Sheet: 4 15/16 × 2 1/16 in. (12.5 × 5.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A gypsy

1875 · Type-metal engraving

Sheet: 6 1/2 × 2 3/4 in. (16.5 × 7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Head of an angry man with a beard

1875 · Woodcut

Sheet: 1 1/4 × 1 1/4 in. (3.2 × 3.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Profile of a man with a beard

1875 · Woodcut

Sheet: 4 15/16 × 2 1/16 in. (12.5 × 5.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Two men shaking hands in the foreground and officers watching them in the background

1875 · Type-metal engraving

Sheet: 5 7/16 × 7 1/2 in. (13.8 × 19 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A drunken man with a bottle at his side in a field

1875 · Type-metal engraving

Sheet: 3 9/16 × 6 7/8 in. (9 × 17.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Jesús Bruno Martinez escaping from jail, from a broadside entitled 'La Fuga de Jesús Bruno Martinez de la Gárcel de Belen'

1875 · Type-metal engraving

Sheet: 3 7/16 × 5 5/16 in. (8.8 × 13.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A female soldier standing

1875 · Zincograph

Sheet: 5 11/16 × 2 9/16 in. (14.5 × 6.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A girl with two faces

1875 · Type-metal engraving

Sheet: 4 13/16 × 3 1/4 in. (12.2 × 8.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A man on a bicyle running over people, from a broadside entitled 'La Bicicleta'

1875 · Type-metal engraving

Sheet: 3 1/8 in. × 5 in. (8 × 12.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A man looking at a woman who walks by

1875 · Type-metal engraving

Sheet: 3 1/4 × 5 3/16 in. (8.3 × 13.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A group of men sweeping the street

1875 · Type-metal engraving

Sheet: 3 3/8 × 5 1/16 in. (8.5 × 12.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A man holding a bottle and guitar and another man with both hands raised, from a broadside entitled 'Versos de lino matadas', published by Antonio Vanegas Arroyo

1875 · Type-metal engraving

Sheet: 3 9/16 × 3 11/16 in. (9 × 9.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A woman eating and a man facing her with an angry expression and raised fists, from a broadside entitled 'Loa dicha por Sancho Panza y Doña Cenobia en honor de la Pureza de Maria Santisima'

1875 · Type-metal engraving

Sheet: 3 7/16 × 5 1/8 in. (8.8 × 13 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A pair of workers atop a pile of rubble and other workers watching them

1875 · Type-metal engraving

Sheet: 1 9/16 × 4 3/4 in. (4 × 12 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art