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Plate 55 from "The Disasters of War" (Los Desastres de la Guerra): 'The worst is to beg' (Lo peor es pedir)

1811–12 (published 1863)
Etching, lavis, burnisher
15.6 × 2 cm (6.1 × 0.8 in)

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