La Calavera Catrina (Elegant Skull) by famous Mexican printmaker, cartoon illustrator José Guadalupe Posada. The image depicts a female skeleton dressed only in a hat befitting the upper class outfit of a European . Her chapeau en attende is related to French and European styles of the early 20th century. She is offered as a satirical portrait of those Mexican natives who, Posada felt, She in particular has become an icon of the Mexican Day of the Dead.