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José Guadalupe Posada|Antonio Vanegas Arroyo

Skeletons hawking their wares and shouting about teetotalers, drunkards, old men and kids, tomcats and working girls

ca. 1900–1910
Type-metal engraving and letterpress on yellow paper
39.5 × 29 cm (15.6 × 11.4 in)

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