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José Guadalupe Posada|Antonio Vanegas Arroyo

Cover for 'El Casamiento Fustrado', a man and woman walking arm in arm, a train in the background

ca. 1890–1910
Type-metal engraving and letterpress in brown ink on tan paper
14.8 × 20 cm (5.8 × 7.9 in)

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