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José Sanchez|José Guadalupe Posada

A skeleton running with a crowbar in his hand, from a broadside entitled ' Calavera llorando el hueso'

ca. 1880–1910
Zincograph
16.5 × 8.5 cm (6.5 × 3.3 in)

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