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

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Drawings and Prints

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

José Guadalupe Posada

Date
ca. 1880–1910
Medium
Type-metal engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 4 5/8 × 6 3/4 in. (11.8 × 17.2 cm)
Object type
Print
Classification
Prints
Object number
30.82.88
Credit line
Gift of Jean Charlot, 1930
Original Met record Artist authority

Artist information

Mexican, 1851–1913

Subjects and terms

  • Military
  • Firearms
  • Men
  • Death
  • Execution

The Met object ID 735299. The source CSV marks this record public domain, the official API identifies it as image-bearing, and the image was reverified as public domain before this page rendered.