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José Guadalupe Posada|Antonio Vanegas Arroyo

Broadsheet relating to the terrible events of 17 August 1890 when a government officia was murdered after drinking, in the bottom section a corrida written by Sergeant Zeferino Martínez who witnessed the event

1890
Type-metal engraving and letterpress on tan paper
40 × 30 cm (15.7 × 11.8 in)

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