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José Guadalupe Posada|Antonio Vanegas Arroyo

Broadsheet relating to the story of a falling meteor that was interpreted by Catholics as God's punishment to the people of the town of Alamos for their poor reception of Bishop Pedro Moreno

1903
Type-metal engraving and letterpress on tan paper
30 × 20 cm (11.8 × 7.9 in)

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