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José Guadalupe Posada|José Sanchez

A demon breathing fire and people running around in the foreground, illustration for 'El Testerazo del Diablo,' published by Antonio Vanegas Arroyo

ca. 1880–1910
Type-metal engraving
13.5 × 8.5 cm (5.3 × 3.3 in)

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