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José Sanchez|José Guadalupe Posada

A woman reading a note while a man in the background looks over his shoulder at her, illustration for 'Coleccion de Cartas Amorosas Cuaderno No. 7,' published by Antonio Vanegas Arroyo

ca. 1880–1910
Type-metal engraving
13.5 × 8.8 cm (5.3 × 3.5 in)

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