Skeleton Soldier Firing a Cannon
- Title
- Skeleton Soldier Firing a Cannon
- Rights
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Public Domain.
- Creator
- Jose Guadalupe Posada (1851-1913)
- Date
- ca. 1889–1895
- Description
- Zinc print in black and white. A skeleton is wearing an old fashioned soldier's hat, wielding a long torch used for lighting up the wicks of old cannons. The skeleton is firing a cannon to the right of the image, the shot itself paused in the middle of the cannon ball being fired off to the right.
- Format
- Zincograph. Zinc plate print. 1 1/16 × 1 3/8 in. (2.7 × 3.5 cm)
- Publisher
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Contributor
- Akira Castillo
- Identifier
- 30.82.37
- Subject
- Dia; De; Los; Muertos; Day; of; the; Dead; Jose; Guadalupe; Posada; Skeletons; Calaveras; Death; Soldier; Cannon; Weaponry; Warfare; Battle; War.
- Source
- Jpeg file. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Digital Collection. Accessed October 20th, 2023.
- https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/735204
- Item sets
- Calaveras of Dia De Los Muertos-Akira C.
- Site pages
- Origins of Dia De Los Muertos
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