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José Guadalupe Posada|Antonio Vanegas Arroyo

Broadsheet relating to mothers-in-law, brothers-in-law and sons fighting, the words spoken by each in sections below and on verso

ca. 1895–1900
Type-metal engraving and letterpress on pink paper
30 × 20 cm (11.8 × 7.9 in)

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