The Garbage Man

This woodcut depicts the garbage man riding a large bell. In Mexico, from the middle of the twentieth century to today, sanitation workers ring a large metal bell to alert the public to bring out their trash for collection.

José Guadalupe Posada was a prolific lithographer - scholars estimate he produced over 20,000 images. He is most known for his images of skeletons and calaveras (skulls), that often critiqued or satirized society and politics.