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A yellowed black-and-white print of skeletons eating, drinking, and celebrating in a cemetery accompanied by Spanish text.
A yellowed black-and-white print of skeletons eating, drinking, and celebrating in a cemetery accompanied by Spanish text.

El gran comelitón de calaveras

José Guadalupe Posada (1852-1913)

Object Details

  • Date

    ca. 1890-1913

  • Object Type

    Prints

  • Medium

    Zinc etching and type-metal engraving

  • Contributors

    Printed by Antonio Vanegas Arroyo

  • Dimensions

    Image: 14 1/4 x 10 1/8 in.
    Sheet: 15 15/16 x 11 7/8 in.

  • Inscriptions

    Recto:

    u.l.: [vertical] EL GRAN

    u.c.: COMELITON DE

    u.r.: CALAVERAS

    Verso:

    Calavera Pachuqueña

    l.c.: MÉXICO. - IMPRENLA DE DE ANTONIO VANEGAS ARROYO, CALLE DE SANTA TERESA NÚM. 1.

  • Collection Name

    José Guadalupe Posada Collection

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Accession Number

    1978.102

  • Copyright

    Public domain

Additional details

Location: Off view
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