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Great Comet and Fiery Blaze
José Guadalupe Posada
Relief engraving (left) and photo-relief etching, with engraving on green wove paper · 1894
Art Institute of Chicago

The Street Gazette: Grand Inauguration of the New Racetrack Situated on Peñón Hill in Mexico City
José Guadalupe Posada
Relief engraving or photo relief etching with stenciled color on wove paper · 1893
Art Institute of Chicago

Ballad of The Death of General Manuel González (Corrido: La muerte del general Manuel González)
José Guadalupe Posada
Relief engraving · 1893
Museum of Modern Art

The Man Hanged on the Street of the Window Grilles of Balvanera, Horrible Suicide, Monday, January 8, 1892 (El ahorcado en la Calle de las Rejas de Balvanera, horrible suicidio el Lunes 8 Enero 1892)
José Guadalupe Posada
Relief engraving · 1892
Museum of Modern Art

The Adventures of Don Chepito (Las aventuras de Don Chepito)
José Guadalupe Posada
Relief engraving · 1891
Museum of Modern Art

This is About Don Quixote the First, the Matchless, the Giant Calavera(Esta es de Don Quijote la primera, la sin par la gigante calavera)
José Guadalupe Posada
Broadside with relief engraving and letterpress · 1891
Museum of Modern Art

Example: A Girl in a Pact with the Devil (Ejemplo: Una hija en pacto con Satanás)
José Guadalupe Posada
Relief engraving · 1891
Museum of Modern Art

Example: The Seven Deadly Sins (Ejemplo: Los Siete Vicios)
José Guadalupe Posada
Relief engraving · 1891
Museum of Modern Art

Terrible Specimen! A Slanderous Girl, Taken Away by the Demon!!!! (¡Terribilisimo Ejemplar! ¡¡¡¡ Una Niña calumniadora, á quien se lleva el demonio!!!!)
José Guadalupe Posada
Relief engraving · 1891
Museum of Modern Art

Ballad of A Dispute Between Mothers-in-Law, Godmothers, and Sons-in-Law (Corrido: Pleito de Suegras, Comadres y Yernos)
José Guadalupe Posada
Relief engraving · 1891
Museum of Modern Art

The Bicycle
José Guadalupe Posada
Relief engraving or photo relief etching on wove paper · 1890
Art Institute of Chicago

The Battle of May 5, 1862: The Great Triumph of Mexico over France!
José Guadalupe Posada
Relief engraving or photo relief etchin (left) and wood engraving (right) on wove paper · 1890
Art Institute of Chicago

Lamentable and Frightening Example that Happened in the Town of Barca
José Guadalupe Posada
Relief engraving on wove paper · 1890
Art Institute of Chicago

Glorious Success of Ponciano Díaz and His Brave Charros in the Bull Rings of Madrid
Manuel Manilla
Relief engraving or photo relief etching on wove paper · 1889
Art Institute of Chicago

Ejemplar y ciertisimo suceso en la Republica Mexicana (Exemplary and Truest Success in the Mexican Republic)
José Guadalupe Posada
Relief engraving on tan wove paper · 1889
Art Institute of Chicago

Clerical Calavera (Calavera Clerical)
José Guadalupe Posada
Relief engraving · 1889
Museum of Modern Art

Calavera of the Cyclists (Calavera las biciletas)
José Guadalupe Posada
Relief engraving · 1889
Museum of Modern Art

March Dedicated to General C. Porfirio Diaz
José Guadalupe Posada
Relief engraving or photo relief etching (left) and photo relief etching (right) on green wove paper · 1888
Art Institute of Chicago

Calavera of the Good Defenders (Calaveras Los Buenos Valedores)
José Guadalupe Posada
Relief engraving · 1888
Museum of Modern Art

A Jig Beyond the Grave (El Jarabe en Ultratumba)
José Guadalupe Posada
Relief engraving · 1888
Museum of Modern Art

Alcoholic Calavera (Calavera alcohólica)
José Guadalupe Posada
Relief engraving · 1888
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)
José Guadalupe Posada
Relief engraving · 1888
Museum of Modern Art

Ballad of the End of the World (Corrido: El fin del mundo)
José Guadalupe Posada
Relief engraving · 1888
Museum of Modern Art

Don't Forget Me! (¡Ni acquí te olvidaré!)
José Guadalupe Posada
Relief engraving · 1888
Museum of Modern Art