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Holy Water Basin
Mexican
1800–1900

Architectural Model
Mezcala
1st–8th century

Spindle Whorl
Mexican
10th–early 16th century

Pendant Figure
Colima
2nd century BCE–3rd century CE

A sculpture showing Saint Carlo embracing a child
Buenaventura Enciso
ca. 1865 [reprinted 1938]

Figure Vessel
Tlatilco (?)
12th–9th century BCE

Acrobat
Alfredo Zalce
1965

Mirror
Mexican
before 16th century

Barrel
Mexican
ca. 1750

Architectural Model
Mezcala
1st–8th century

Broadsheet showing the perpetrators of the crime on Profesa Street on their way to San Juan de Ulua
José Guadalupe Posada
ca. 1891

Architectural Model
Mezcala
1st–8th century

Trees
Miguel Covarrubias
ca. 1932–35

Stone marker
Teotihuacan artist(s)
350–450 CE

Broadsheet relating to the capture of Valentin Mancera who is shown playing the guitar and being cornered by men in uniforms carrying weapons
José Guadalupe Posada
ca.1902

Cover to the story of Juan Soldado (Juan the Soldier)
José Guadalupe Posada
ca. 1880–1910 (a later impression)

Standing ballplayer
Ameca-Etzatlán artist(s)
200 BCE–300 CE

Front and back covers printed on the same sheet for patriotic discourses
José Guadalupe Posada
ca. 1900–1910

The Holy Trinity (Fathers, Son, Holy Ghost) venerated in the church de San Pablo in San Pablo Villa de Mitla, province of Oaxaca

Anonymous, Mexican

1784

A rich man giving a beggar money
José Guadalupe Posada
ca. 1880–1910 (a later impression)

A children's book: 'Cancion para dormir a pastillita', from the series "Biblioteca de 'Chapulin'"
1943

The holy eucharist

Anonymous, Mexican

1800–1900

An uncut sheet printed on both sides with pages from "Juan Ceniza" (cuento arreglado por C. S. Suarez) and "Rosendito, los leones y el sapo" (cuento por C. S. Suarez)
José Guadalupe Posada
ca. 1900–1910

Bottle
Mexican
1800–1900

Architectural Model
Mezcala
1st–8th century

A rich man with bags of money at his feet sending people away
José Guadalupe Posada
ca. 1880–1910 (a later impression)

Saltcellar
Mexican
ca. 1820

Cylinder vessel
Maya
7th–9th century

Shallow Plain Bowl
Teotihuacan
4th–5th century

Francisco Madero entering Mexico City, June 7, 1911 (La entrada de Francisco I, Madero en la ciudad de Mexico, 7 de junio de 1911), Plate 68 from "450 Años de Lucha: Homenaje al Pueblo Mexicano" (450 Years of Struggle: Homage to the Mexican People)
Leopoldo Méndez
1960

Tripod Bowl
Mixtec
15th–16th century

Alegoría del trabajo (Allegory of Work)
Maria Izquierdo
1936

Ballad (corrido) of Mr Grasshopper (a middleman) who is shown receiving holy communion; a metaphor for peasant suffering under corrupt landowners
Leopoldo Méndez
ca. 1940

Profile of a man raising three fingers and gesturing towards the word 'Novedad'
José Guadalupe Posada
ca. 1880–1910

Men in a tavern standing around a bar
José Guadalupe Posada
ca. 1890–1910 (reprinted 1964)

Poster linking the anniversary of the Mexican Revolution with the fight against alcoholism pointing out the dangers of the vice and its effects on children, image of a protest; people marching, one holding a banner that reads 'Death to Alcoholism'

Carlos Orozco Romero

Ca. 1930

Regarding an Outrage
José Luis Cuevas
1978

Spindle Whorl
Mexican
10th–early 16th century

Building a Boat (Construyendo una barca), plate 3 from "8 Aguafuertes a Color" (8 Color Etchings)
Alfredo Zalce
1947

Figure pierced by an arrow, holding a serpent and surrounded by flames
José Guadalupe Posada
ca 1890–1910