A woman discovering a man who has committed suicide by hanging himself from a balcony

José Guadalupe Posada

ca. 1900–1910 · Type-metal engraving · Drawings and Prints

A woman discovering a man who has committed suicide by hanging himself from a balcony — José Guadalupe Posada

The main image in the broadsheet "El Ahorcado. En la calle de las Rejas de Balvanera. Horrible suicidio el lunes 18 de enero de 1892" (Imprenta de A. Vanegas Arroyo, ca. 1892).

Artist
José Guadalupe Posada
Date
ca. 1900–1910
Medium
Type-metal engraving
Department
Drawings and Prints
Credit line
Gift of Jean Charlot, 1930
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