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Plate 34 from "The Disasters of War" (Los Desastres de La Guerra): 'On account of a knife' (Por una navaja)

1810 (published 1863)
Etching, drypoint, burin, burnisher
15.5 × 20.5 cm (6.1 × 8.1 in)

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