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Plate 13 from "The Disasters of War" (Los Desastres de la Guerra): 'Bitter to be Present' (Amarga presencia)

1810 (published 1863)
Etching, lavis, drypoint, burin and burnisher
13.9 × 17.1 cm (5.5 × 6.7 in)

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