The Compositor

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The compositor.

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Artist

Name:
Iriarte, Hesiquio
Dates:
ca. 1820-ca. 1897
Country:
Mexico

Illustration

Subject:
People
Technique:
Lithograph
Lithographer:
M. Murguia y Cía.
Format:
Portrait (taller)
Source:
Robarts Library, The Internet Archive

Book

Title:
Los mexicanos pintados por si mismos
Author:
Collective work
Publisher:
Mexico City: M. Murguia y Cía., 1854
Open Library:
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Description:

A dapper compositor in a top hat is smoking a cigar while holding a composing stick in his left hand to fill in a line of type.

The caption reads in the original Spanish: El cajista.

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