Painting Skeleton and Drinking Skeleton · Calaveras of Dia De Los Muertos

Title: Painting Skeleton and Drinking Skeleton
Rights: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Public Domain.
Creator: Jose Guadalupe Posada (1851-1913)
Date: ca. 1880-1910
Description: Zinc print in black and white. The top half of the print has a skeleton tending to a bar. Its right hand holds a bottle while its left holds a filled glass. The bar before it has two empty glasses with another much larger bottle sitting in between them. Below this is another skeleton, sitting in front of an easel. A paint brush is in its right hand while a color palette is in its left. The easel itself holds an unfinished painting of a skeleton with decorations adorning the top of its head. The bottom of the easel there's multiple discarded paintings, at least four. In the middle of the previously mentioned drawings is a pocket watch stopped at about eight fifty. Three random skulls appear at the top right, middle left, and bottom right of the print.
Format: Zincograph. Zinc plate print. 5 1/16 × 1 1/4 in. (12.8 × 3.2 cm)
Publisher: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Contributor: Akira Castillo
Identifier: 60.678.59
Subject: Dia; De; Los; Muertos; Day; of; the; Dead; Jose; Guadalupe; Posada; Skeletons; Calaveras; Death; Bartending; Drinks; Painting; Skulls.
Source: Jpeg file. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Digital Collection. Accessed October 20th, 2023.; https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/735951