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Front and back covers of a phamplet relating to the story 'The thieves and the National Valley' with illustration of Indigenous men and women being herded by men in military uniforms towards a train, on the verso 'Dance of the Snake' and a corrido

Publisher Antonio Vanegas Arroyo Mexican
ca. 1899
Not on view
Image included in the broadsheet "Danza de la culebra" (Imprenta de A. Vanegas Arroyo, ca. 1899). Same image as 60.678.40.

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Object Information
  • Title: Front and back covers of a phamplet relating to the story 'The thieves and the National Valley' with illustration of Indigenous men and women being herded by men in military uniforms towards a train, on the verso 'Dance of the Snake' and a corrido
  • Artist: José Guadalupe Posada (Mexican, Aguascalientes 1852–1913 Mexico City)
  • Publisher: Antonio Vanegas Arroyo (Mexican, 1850–1917)
  • Date: ca. 1899
  • Medium: Zincograph and letterpress on green paper
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 8 1/16 × 11 13/16 in. (20.5 × 30 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1946
  • Object Number: 46.46.176
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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