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Lead figure, possibly of a skeleton
Greek, Laconian
possibly 4th century BCE
Table clock with skeleton movement
German
mid-16th century or earlier
Anatomical Venus
Fontana Workshop
1780-85
Skeleton suit
American
1830–39
Skeleton suit
British
ca. 1795–1805
Skeleton suit
American
ca. 1820
Cupid's Skeleton
José Guadalupe Posada
ca. 1892
Onyx ring stone
Roman
ca. 1st century BCE–3rd century CE
Skeleton Astride a Skull
Rantei
late 18th–early 19th century
Skeleton Dance Costume
Tibet
late 19th or early 20th century
The brave cinematographer skeleton
José Guadalupe Posada
1906
Skeleton clock and key
British
ca. 1850–65
Skeleton beating a Drum
Japan
18th century
Movies, Geniuses, and Lawyers (Cine genios y abogados)
Mariana Yampolsky
1940s
Longcase clock with calendar
Joseph Knibb
ca. 1680–85
Skeleton Break #100
Brewster & Co.
1850–70
Skeleton Wagon #375
Brewster & Co.
ca. 1865
Skeleton Wagon #567
Brewster & Co.
ca. 1865
The thundering skeleton of the modern bells
José Guadalupe Posada
1905
Broadsheet relating to the skeleton from Guadalajara
Manuel Manilla
ca. 1890
Memento Mori: a skeleton in a niche
Master IAM of Zwolle
late 15th century
Skeleton standing with his arms raised
José Guadalupe Posada
ca. 1880–1910
A skeleton frightening a man holding newspapers
José Guadalupe Posada
ca. 1880–1910 (a later impression)
The skeleton of Don Juan Tenorio
José Guadalupe Posada
ca. 1900–1910
A male skeleton walking behind a female skeleton (vignette for the feast of the dead)
José Guadalupe Posada
ca. 1894
A male skeleton on his knees before a female skeleton (vignette for the feast of the dead)
José Guadalupe Posada
ca. 1892
A skeleton picking crops in a field while carrying a baby skeleton on its back
José Guadalupe Posada
ca. 1880–1910 (a later impression)
[Junked Automobile Skeleton and Truck Grill, Connecticut]
Walker Evans
December 1, 1973
Design for Skeleton Road Wagon
Brewster & Co.
1850–70
Skeleton on horseback trampling others beneath him (Corrido of Stalingrad)
Leopoldo Méndez
1942
The skeleton of the people’s editor (Antonio Vanegas Arroyo)
José Guadalupe Posada
1902
Broadsheet relating to the great skeleton of the Chin-Chun-Chan
José Guadalupe Posada
1904
Netsuke of Crouching Figure of a Skeleton
Japan
19th century
Netsuke of Skeleton with a Drum
Japan
19th century
Skeleton wearing a hat and carrying a towel
José Guadalupe Posada
ca. 1880–1910
A skeleton wearing a hat, holding newspapers and running
José Guadalupe Posada
ca. 1880–1910
A male skeleton leading a female skeleton to the left, from a broaside entitled 'La Calavera de Cupido', published by Antonio Vanegas Arroyo.
José Guadalupe Posada
ca. 1892
A skeleton painting and another skeleton holding a bottle of liquor, from a broadside entitled 'Aqui esta la calavera del editor popular'
José Guadalupe Posada
ca. 1880–1910 (a later impression)
Skeleton Hanging from a Tree in a Landscape
Paul Bril
late 16th–early 17th century
A skeleton selling cheese from a broadside entitled 'Una Calavera Chusca'
José Guadalupe Posada
ca. 1880–1910 (a later impression)