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Plate 29 from "The Disasters of War" (Los Desastres de la Guerra): 'He deserved it' (Lo merecia)

ca. 1810 (published 1863)
Etching, drypoint, burin, burnisher
17.4 × 21.6 cm (6.9 × 8.5 in)

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