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Plate 70 from "The Disasters of War" (Los Desastres de la Guerra): 'They do not know the way' (No saben el camino)

1814–15 (published 1863)
Etching, drypoint, burin, burnisher
17.5 × 21.6 cm (6.9 × 8.5 in)

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