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VILLA, PANCHO (1877-1923). Photographic reproduction signed ("Francisco Villa"), n.p., n.d. [circa 1915]. 138 x 95 mm. (5 7/16 x 3 5/8 in.) image size, 230 x 330 mm. (9 x 13 3/16 in.) including mount flaps, portion of signature on dark area of image (but legible). A full-length standing portrait of the famous bandito, with his arms around two children, signed on the lower portion of the image. Very Rare. "Signed 'Francisco' (his first name). Daring impetuosity, and horsemanship made this Mexican bandit and revolutionary leader the idol of the masses, who regarded him as a sort of Robin Hood. Assassinated at the age of forty-six, he is extremely rare in an autographed photo"--W.M.