Muerte en cruceta; by Lola Cueto, 1947
La bohemia de la muerte; anonymous, 1958
El crepusculo de la noche, in Tricolor no. 35; July-August 1924
El Hospital Juárez - (Ironia); by Carlos Neve, 1951
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detail of
Calaveras televisiosas todo por un hoyito; by Leopoldo Méndez and Mariana Yampolsky, 1949
Levantaos de sus fosas, calaveras, que aquí se halla el mayor de los troneras; by Manuel Manilla, 1971
Levantaos de sus fosas, calaveras, que aqui se halla el mayor de los troneras, by Manuel Manilla, 1904
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from
Veinte años de vida del Taller de Gráfica Popular; Andrea Gómez, 1957
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by Julio Ruelas, 1903
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from L'ABC no 15; by José Clemente Orozco, November, 1 1925
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from Don Timorato no. 19; by Hector Ramírez, Ram, November 3 1944
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all images are from the stunning book
La muerte en el impreso mexicano / Images of Death in Mexican Prints by Mercurio López Casillas [
link]
for more prints see Doce Palabras excellent post 'Diálogo con los muertos' [
link]
also see Morbid Anatonmy's 'La Portentosa Vida de la Muerte (The Astounding Life of Death)' post on Joaquin Bolaños [
link]