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Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

He defends himself well, plate 78 from The Disasters of War

1815/20, published 1863
Etching, drypoint, burin and burnishing on ivory wove paper with gilt edges
15.7 × 20.2 cm (6.2 × 8 in)

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