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Plate 5 from "The Disasters of War" (Los Desastres de la Guerra): 'And they are like wild beasts' (Y son fieras)

1810 (published 1863)
Etching, burnished aquatint, drypoint
15.2 × 20.7 cm (6 × 8.1 in)

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