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Plate 49 from "The Disasters of War" (Los Desastres de la Guerra): 'A woman's charity' (Caridad de una muger)

1811–12 (published 1863)
Etching, lavis, burin, burnisher
15.4 × 20.8 cm (6.1 × 8.2 in)

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