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José Sanchez|José Guadalupe Posada

A snake with a woman's head slithering towards a scared man, an illustration from 'The Ballad of the Snake Woman' (reprinted 1930)

ca. 1880–1910
Zincograph
11.7 × 15 cm (4.6 × 5.9 in)

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