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Goya

Plate 4 from "The Disasters of War" (Los Desastres de la Guerra): 'The women give courage' (Las mugeres dan valor)

1810 (published 1863)
Etching, aquatint, lavis, drypoint and burnisher
15.3 × 20.4 cm (6 × 8 in)

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