The Spanish monarchy guarding the “No entry” gate. “Out with the Russian chickens! Let the merchants handle them!”
(I’m ignorant of the politics, but the dress has “debt expenses” stenciled on it, and we may presume that the state minimizing its role in fighting the cholera epidemic is being derided here.)
(La Esquella de la torratxa, Barcelona, 1892)
Sic Transit Pestilentia 