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José Sanchez|José Guadalupe Posada

A man with weapons and a pipe in his mouth flanked by two skeletons, illustration for 'El Derribahombres,' published by Antonio Vanegas Arroyo

ca. 1880–1910
Zincograph
16.8 × 12.2 cm (6.6 × 4.8 in)

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