José Guadalupe Posada

José Guadalupe Posada

Broadsheet showing a blindfolded man being executed (no letterpress in bottom section), ca. 1890–1910

Type-metal engraving on buff paper

41 × 29.5 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-452987

José Guadalupe Posada

Broadsheet with a song about a military reserve, military personnel in formation, ca. 1890–1910

Type-metal engraving, zincograph and letterpress printed on tan paper

30 × 20 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-286948

José Guadalupe Posada

Broadsheet with two different songs showing a group of men huddled around a woman on the left and a group of people holding glasses on the right, ca. 1890–1910

Zincograph and letterpress printed on tan paper

30 × 20 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-413907

José Guadalupe Posada

Cover for 'Del Pequeño Adivinadorcito', a young boy resting his head on his hand and writing at a desk, ca. 1890–1910

Type-metal engraving and letterpress printed on tan paper

14.8 × 20 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-452716

José Guadalupe Posada

Cover for 'El Casamiento Fustrado', a man and woman walking arm in arm, a train in the background, ca. 1890–1910

Type-metal engraving and letterpress in brown ink on tan paper

14.8 × 20 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-441689

José Guadalupe Posada

Cover for 'El Pagare', a man holding a cigarette and gesturing to a woman holding a shawl, ca. 1890–1910

Zincograph and letterpress printed on blue paper

14.8 × 20 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-413911

José Guadalupe Posada

Cover for 'La Cubicubianita Cuento', a figure wearing a feathered hat leaning on a windowsill and talking to another woman, ca. 1890–1910

Zincograph and letterpress printed on purple paper

14.8 × 20 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-413909

José Guadalupe Posada

Cover for 'La Revoltosa', a woman standing in the middle of a saloon surrounded by people playing games and music, ca. 1890–1910

Zincograph and letterpress printed on tan paper

14.8 × 20 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-413905

José Guadalupe Posada

Cover for 'Las Lindas Mexicanas', two elegantly dressed women, ca. 1890–1910

Zincograph and letterpress printed on blue paper

14.8 × 20 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-411827

José Guadalupe Posada

Cover for 'Los Niños Jugadores', two young boys playing with toys, ca. 1890–1910

Zincograph and letterpress printed on purple paper

14.8 × 20 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-411830

José Guadalupe Posada

Cover for 'Muestras para Bordado', a woman embroidering, ca. 1890–1910

Zincograph and letterpress in red and black ink on tan paper

14.8 × 20 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-296288

José Guadalupe Posada

Cover for 'Rosendito, Los Leones, y El Sapo', a young boy and man holding walking sticks, ca. 1890–1910

Zincograph and letterpress printed on green paper

14.8 × 20 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-411810

José Guadalupe Posada

Cover for 'Simonel Bobito', a man stomping and a donkey in the background, ca. 1890–1910

Type-metal engraving and letterpress printed in red and black ink on beige paper

14.8 × 20 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-428727

José Guadalupe Posada

Cover for 'Un Casamiento de Indios', a wedding procession following a bride and groom, ca. 1890–1910

Type-metal engraving and letterpress printed on green paper

14.8 × 20 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-452190

José Guadalupe Posada

Covers for 'La Pesadilla de Alejito o el Almuerzo de Acotes' and 'Juan Ceniza', ca. 1890–1910

Zincograph and letterpress on pink paper

23.5 × 16.8 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-439062

José Guadalupe Posada

Female skeleton playing the guitar (vignette for the feast of the dead), ca. 1890–1910

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

7 × 6 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-440703

José Guadalupe Posada

Male and female skeleton talking (vignette for the feast of the dead), ca. 1890–1910

Type-metal engraving

8.2 × 6.7 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-317119

José Guadalupe Posada

Man and Woman Dancing, ca. 1890–1910

Type-metal engraving on pink paper

9.5 × 11.5 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-460258

José Guadalupe Posada

Plate 5: A woman pouring lead into the ear of her sleeping husband, ca. 1890–1910

Type-metal engraving

12 × 17 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-430589

José Guadalupe Posada

Plate 8: a man murdering another with a rock, ca. 1890–1910

Type-metal engraving

12 × 17 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-426408

José Guadalupe Posada

The woman bull fighter, ca. 1890–1910

Type-metal engraving

9.5 × 14.5 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-422413

José Guadalupe Posada

Woman carrying child on her back, ca. 1890–1910

Woodcut

7.5 × 6 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-448288

José Guadalupe Posada

Men in a tavern standing around a bar, ca. 1890–1910 (reprinted 1964)

Type-metal engraving

18.1 × 20.2 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-423942

José Guadalupe Posada

Two men in an arena holding cocks in preparation for a fight, spectators around the perimeter, ca. 1890–1910 (reprinted 1964)

Type-metal engraving

16.5 × 21.5 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-423940

José Guadalupe Posada

In proof of true love, a watercarrier skeleton arguing with a woman (Posada); two skeleton angels in upper corners (Manilla), ca. 1890–96

Type-metal engraving and letterpress

40 × 30 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-193370

José Guadalupe Posada

Broadsheet relating to the sensational story of a jealous man named Ramón Palma, who required extreme measures from his female lovers to demonstrate their loyalty to him, ca. 1891

Type-metal engraving and letterpress on tan paper

30 × 20 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-1144028

José Guadalupe Posada

Cover for 'La Aurora del Nuevo Dia en los Campos de Belen', villagers holding shepherd's hooks and walking in the countryside, ca. 1891

Type-metal engraving and letterpress in red and black ink on tan paper

14.8 × 20 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-441775

José Guadalupe Posada

Cover for "Los Chascos de Bato y Bras o una Eccena Divertida", ca. 1891

Type-metal engraving and letterpress printed on orange paper

14.8 × 20 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-452714

José Guadalupe Posada

Skeletons (calaveras) riding bicycles, ca. 1891

Type-metal engraving

15.4 × 26.8 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-430997

José Guadalupe Posada

A courtroom scene, ca. 1892

Type-metal engraving

12 × 16.2 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-407986

José Guadalupe Posada

A firing squad executing two men, a priest and other figures in the background, ca. 1892

Type-metal engraving

11.8 × 17.2 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-409335

José Guadalupe Posada

A girl with two faces, ca. 1892

Type-metal engraving

12.2 × 8.2 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-427090

José Guadalupe Posada

A male skeleton leading a female skeleton to the left, from a broaside entitled 'La Calavera de Cupido', published by Antonio Vanegas Arroyo., ca. 1892

Type-metal engraving

8 × 6.7 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-432339

José Guadalupe Posada

A male skeleton on his knees before a female skeleton (vignette for the feast of the dead), ca. 1892

Type-metal engraving

8.5 × 6.6 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-430993

José Guadalupe Posada

A man grabbing a woman by her sleeve and stabbing her, from a broadside entitled 'The murder of Leandra Martinez by her brother, Manuel', ca. 1892

Type-metal engraving

14.3 × 20 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-409995

José Guadalupe Posada

A man stabbing another man in the chest while his associates loot a store, from a broadside entitled 'The theft at La Profesa', ca. 1892

Type-metal engraving

15.5 × 23.2 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-409992

José Guadalupe Posada

A man who has just stabbed himself falls backwards accompanied by three people, ca. 1892

Type-metal engraving

11.7 × 17.5 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-409332

José Guadalupe Posada

A profile of a skeleton with a tophat, a coat, and glasses, from a broaside entitled 'La Calavera de Cupido', published by Antonio Vanegas Arroyo., ca. 1892

Type-metal engraving (reproduction)

7.2 × 6 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-432340

José Guadalupe Posada

A skeleton in farming clothes speaking to a skeleton in a dress, from a broaside entitled 'La Calavera de Cupido', published by Antonio Vanegas Arroyo., ca. 1892

Type-metal engraving

8.3 × 6.7 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-432347

José Guadalupe Posada

A skeleton wearing a bishop's mitre reading a book (vignette for the feast of the dead), ca. 1892

Type-metal engraving

6.5 × 6 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-430991

José Guadalupe Posada

A skeleton wearing a hat having a drink (vignette for the feast of the dead), ca. 1892

Type-metal engraving

6.5 × 5 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-430989

José Guadalupe Posada

A skeleton with her back turned wearing a coat and hat, from a broaside entitled 'La Calavera de Cupido', published by Antonio Vanegas Arroyo., ca. 1892

Type-metal engraving (reproduction)

7.2 × 6 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-432212

José Guadalupe Posada

A woman discovering a man who has committed suicide by hanging himself from a balcony, ca. 1892

Type-metal engraving

12 × 10 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-432346

José Guadalupe Posada

Artisan skeletons, ca. 1892

Type-metal engraving

12 × 19 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-427092

José Guadalupe Posada

Broadsheet relating to the horrible murder committed by Bernabe Manrique in the town of Zapotiltec, ca. 1892

Zincograph and letterpress on tan paper

30 × 20.5 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-440241

José Guadalupe Posada

Francisco Guerrero, the waistcoat maker and cut throat, murdering a woman, ca. 1892

Type-metal engraving

13.5 × 18.5 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-431000

José Guadalupe Posada

Male skeleton wearing military dress (vignette for the feast of the dead), ca. 1892

Type-metal engraving

7 × 6 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-430848

José Guadalupe Posada

Plate 4: The murder of a man by a knife thrown by a woman, ca. 1892

Type-metal engraving

11.6 × 17 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-430983