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José Sanchez|José Guadalupe Posada

A woman crying with a handkerchief in her hand talking to an old hag, illustration for 'La Niña de las Perlas, published by Antonio Vanegas Arroyo

ca. 1880–1910
Type-metal engraving
17 × 11.7 cm (6.7 × 4.6 in)

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