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Remolding Mexican Identity: The Wax Art of Francisco Vargas in 19th Century New Orleans

Mangipano, John

… of the patriarch of four generations of Mexican wax figure artists whose artworks demonstrated a century of change in the city of New Orleans. The family's artworks included religious sculptures, representations of indigenous and peasant populations of Mexico, and the merchant populations of the …

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