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

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

ca. 1894 (a later impression) Print

60.678.95

Metropolitan Museum of Art

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