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José Guadalupe Posada|Antonio Vanegas Arroyo

Broadsheet relating to the escape of Jesús Bruno Martínez from Belen prison, a description in the bottom section

ca. 1892
Type-metal engraving and letterpress on tan paper
40 × 30 cm (15.7 × 11.8 in)

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