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Manuel Manilla|Antonio Vanegas Arroyo|José Guadalupe Posada

The arrival of the skeletons of the penitentiary (Posada); two skeleton angels in lower corners of verso (Manilla)

1902
Zincograph and letterpress on green paper
40 × 30 cm (15.7 × 11.8 in)

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