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The Hospital, plate fifteen from The Miseries of War

1633
Etching on paper
8.2 × 18.7 cm (3.2 × 7.4 in)

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Inscribed: See how the world goes, and how chance constantly pursues the children of the god Mars. Some, crippled, drag themselves along the ground. Others, more fortunate, receive promotion in war. Some die on a gallows by a fatal blow, and others go from the camp to the hospital.

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