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José Sanchez|José Guadalupe Posada

Demons troubling a sick man in bed, illustration for 'El Brujo Verde (The Green Magician)' edited by Antonio Vanegas Arroyo

ca. 1880–1910
Type-metal engraving
16.3 × 10.4 cm (6.4 × 4.1 in)

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