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Horrible Murder! Shocking Parricide Committed by the Infamous Bernabe Manrique
José Guadalupe Posada
Photo relief etching on wove paper · 1880
Art Institute of Chicago

The Lovely Garbanzo-Sellers as Calaveras
José Guadalupe Posada
Relief etching on red wove paper · 1880
Art Institute of Chicago

The Centennial of Mexico's Independence in the Year 1910
José Guadalupe Posada
Photo relief etching on green wove paper · 1875
Art Institute of Chicago

Gran fandango y francachela de todas las calaveras (Grand Dance and Wild Party of All the Calaveras)
José Guadalupe Posada
Relief engraving or photo relief etching on green wove paper · 1872
Art Institute of Chicago

This is Don Quixote's, the First, the Matchless, the Giant Calavera
José Guadalupe Posada
Relief engraving or photo relief etching on wove paper · 1872
Art Institute of Chicago

Here is the Calavera Folks, of All Good Defenders
José Guadalupe Posada
Relief engraving or photo relief etching on wove paper · 1872
Art Institute of Chicago

Horrible Crime Committed by Juan Riesca
José Guadalupe Posada
Photo relief etching on on tan wove paper · 1872
Art Institute of Chicago

The American Mosquito
José Guadalupe Posada
Relief engraving or photo relief etching on wove paper · 1872
Art Institute of Chicago

Gift of Calaveras, Given to the Chickpea Sellers. As Proof of True Love, Quarrels of a Water Seller
José Guadalupe Posada
Relief engraving or photo relief etching on wove paper · 1872
Art Institute of Chicago

Calavera of the Pilgrims that Have Died Walking the Streets and Are Now at Rest
José Guadalupe Posada
Relief engraving or photo relief etching on red paper · 1872
Art Institute of Chicago

Details of the Latest Execution
José Guadalupe Posada
Relief engraving or photo relief etching on wove paper · 1872
Art Institute of Chicago

Calaveras of the Cucaracha: A Party in the Afterlife
José Guadalupe Posada
Photo-relief etching on wove paper · 1872
Art Institute of Chicago

Aquí están las calaveras de Don Folias y el Negrito (Here Are the Calaveras of Don Folias and El Negrito)
José Guadalupe Posada
Photo-relief etching with engraving on tan wove paper · 1872
Art Institute of Chicago

The Priestly Calavera
José Guadalupe Posada
Photo-relief etching and relief engraving on blue wove paper · 1872
Art Institute of Chicago

Little Calavera of General Gómez
José Guadalupe Posada
Photo relief etching on red wove paper · 1872
Art Institute of Chicago

Pretending to be Ghosts
José Guadalupe Posada
Relief etching on zinc on paper · 1871
Art Institute of Chicago

Souls in Purgatory
José Guadalupe Posada
Relief engraving on typemetal on paper · 1871
Art Institute of Chicago

Mothers-in-law, Brothers-in-law, and Sons-in-law
José Guadalupe Posada
Lithograph on wove paper · 1871
Art Institute of Chicago

The Independence Bell
José Guadalupe Posada
Relief engraving on zinc on paper · 1871
Art Institute of Chicago

El pagare de la charrita mexicana (The Promissory Note of La Charrita Mexicana)
José Guadalupe Posada
Relief print on paper · 1871
Art Institute of Chicago

The Great Calavera
José Guadalupe Posada
Relief print on paper · 1871
Art Institute of Chicago

All the Little Boys Ask for Their Tarasca
José Guadalupe Posada
Double-sided relief engraving on paper · 1871
Art Institute of Chicago

The Artistic Purgatory, Wherein Sprawl the Calaveras of Artists and Artisans
José Guadalupe Posada
Relief engraving or photo relief etching on wove paper · 1871
Art Institute of Chicago

The Disappointment Suffered by Don Chepito
José Guadalupe Posada
Relief engraving on zinc on paper · 1871
Art Institute of Chicago