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José Guadalupe Posada

Broadsheet about a thief named Malvado Ignacio Parra, who is shown on horseback holding a sword

ca. 1900–1913
Zincograph and letterpress on red paper
29.5 × 20 cm (11.6 × 7.9 in)

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