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José Guadalupe Posada

Profile of a female skeleton with a fur vest, from a broaside entitled 'La Calavera de Cupido', published by Antonio Vanegas Arroyo.

ca. 1880–1910
Zincograph
7.2 × 5.4 cm (2.8 × 2.1 in)

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