In proof of true love, a watercarrier skeleton arguing with a woman (Posada); two skeleton angels in upper corners (Manilla), by José Guadalupe Posada, ca. 1890–96
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In proof of true love, a watercarrier skeleton arguing with a woman (Posada); two skeleton angels in upper corners (Manilla)

José Guadalupe Posada (Mexican, Aguascalientes 1852–1913 Mexico City)

Manuel Manilla

Publisher Antonio Vanegas Arroyo

ca. 1890–96

Medium
Type-metal engraving and letterpress
Classification
Prints
Dimensions
Sheet: 15 3/4 × 11 13/16 in. (40 × 30 cm)
Culture
Mexican
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Drawings and Prints
Credit line
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1946
Rights
Public domain (Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed

View at the The Metropolitan Museum of Art