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A skeleton wearing a cape speaking to a frightened man with a cane and backpack, illustration for 'El Doctor Improvisado (The Impromptu Doctor)' edited by Antonio Vanegas Arroyo

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Drawings and Prints

A skeleton wearing a cape speaking to a frightened man with a cane and backpack, illustration for 'El Doctor Improvisado (The Impromptu Doctor)' edited by Antonio Vanegas Arroyo

José Guadalupe Posada|José Sanchez

Date
ca. 1890–1899
Medium
Type-metal engraving
Dimensions
Image: 5 3/16 × 3 3/8 in. (13.2 × 8.5 cm)
Object type
Print
Classification
Prints
Object number
60.678.95
Credit line
Gift of Roberto Berdecio, 1960
Original Met record Artist authority

Artist information

Mexican, 1851–1913|Mexican, active ca. 1900–1910

Subjects and terms

  • Skeletons
  • Fear
  • Men

The Met object ID 735981. 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.