Begging Skeleton
- Title
- Begging Skeleton
- Rights
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Public Domain.
- Creator
- Jose Guadalupe Posada (1851-1913)
- Date
- ca. 1892
- Description
- A print of a metal-engraving that's in black and white. The skeleton on the left is presumed male. He wears a sombrero, long-sleeved shirt that's rolled up to his elbows, light pants, and dark shoes. He kneels on one knee, bringing both of his hands up and together in a pleading gesture towards the skeleton on the right. This one is presumed female. She wears a dress and has a bow on the back of her head. She faces away from the male skeleton, and is holding up both her her hands to her chest, clasped together.
- Format
- Metal-engraving. Print in black and white. 3 3/8 × 2 5/8 in. (8.5 × 6.6 cm)
- Publisher
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Contributor
- Akira Castillo
- Identifier
- 30.82.17
- Subject
- Dia; De; Los; Muertos; Day; of; the; Dead; Jose; Guadalupe; Posada; Skeletons; Calaveras; Death; Begging; Kneeling; Rejection.
- Source
- Jpeg file. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Digital Collection. Accessed October 20th, 2023.
- https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/717594
- Item sets
- Calaveras of Dia De Los Muertos-Akira C.
- Site pages
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- Media
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