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A clown standing with one hand on his hip and an elephant peering out from behind a curtain, illustration for 'El Clown Mexicano (The Mexican Clown)' published by Antonio Vanegas Arroyo

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Drawings and Prints

A clown standing with one hand on his hip and an elephant peering out from behind a curtain, illustration for 'El Clown Mexicano (The Mexican Clown)' published by Antonio Vanegas Arroyo

José Guadalupe Posada|José Sanchez

Date
ca. 1880–1910
Medium
Type-metal engraving
Dimensions
Image: 5 1/8 × 3 3/8 in. (13 × 8.6 cm)
Object type
Print
Classification
Prints
Object number
60.678.98
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

  • Elephants
  • Clowns

The Met object ID 735985. 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.