A man stabbing another man in the chest while his associates loot a store, from a broadside entitled 'The theft at La Profesa'
Image included in "El robo de La Profesa," from "Monografía" (Talleres Gráficos de la Nación, 1930 reprint, ca. 1892).
Artwork Details
- Title: A man stabbing another man in the chest while his associates loot a store, from a broadside entitled 'The theft at La Profesa'
- Artist: José Guadalupe Posada (Mexican, Aguascalientes 1852–1913 Mexico City)
- Date: ca. 1892
- Medium: Type-metal engraving
- Dimensions: Sheet: 6 1/8 × 9 1/8 in. (15.5 × 23.2 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Gift of Jean Charlot, 1930
- Object Number: 30.82.94
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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