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Death of Aurelio Caballero from Yellow Fever in Veracruz
José Guadalupe Posada
Relief engraving or photo relief etching on wove paper · 1887
Art Institute of Chicago

The Escape of Jesus Bruno Martinez from Belen Prison
José Guadalupe Posada
Relief engraving or photo relief etching on wove paper · 1887
Art Institute of Chicago

Guadalupe Bejarano in the Dungeons of Belén Prison
José Guadalupe Posada
Relief engraving or photo relief etching on wove paper · 1886
Art Institute of Chicago

Horrible Murder!
José Guadalupe Posada
Relief engraving or photo relief etching on tan wove paper · 1880
Art Institute of Chicago

Patriotic Speeches
José Guadalupe Posada
Relief engraving on zinc on paper · 1880
Art Institute of Chicago

Lottery Game
José Guadalupe Posada
Relief engraving or photo relief etching on tan wove paper · 1880
Art Institute of Chicago

Great Bargain Sale, Selling All Mother-in-Laws
José Guadalupe Posada
Relief engraving on wove paper · 1880
Art Institute of Chicago

Circus Game
Manuel Manilla
Relief engraving or photo relief etching on tan wove paper · 1873
Art Institute of Chicago

Sunday Calaveras
Manuel Manilla
Relief engraving or photo relief etching on red wove paper · 1873
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

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

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

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

The Independence Bell
José Guadalupe Posada
Relief engraving on zinc 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

Here is the Calavera, Gentlemen, of all the Little Do-Gooders
José Guadalupe Posada
Relief engraving on typemetal on paper · 1871
Art Institute of Chicago

Moral Lesson and Most Certain Event
José Guadalupe Posada
Double-sided relief engraving on zinc on paper · 1871
Art Institute of Chicago