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Plate 47 from "The Disasters of War" (Los Desastres de la Guerra): 'This is how it happened' (Así sucedió)

1810 (published 1863)
Etching,burnished lavis, drypoint, burin, burnisher
15.4 × 20.4 cm (6.1 × 8 in)

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