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José Sanchez|José Guadalupe Posada

A couple in a passionate embrace, illustration for 'Coleccion de Cartas Amorosas,' edited by Antonio Vanegas Arroyo

ca. 1880–1910
Zincograph
17.2 × 12.2 cm (6.8 × 4.8 in)

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