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Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

Rightly or wrongly, plate two from The Disasters of War

1812/15, published 1863
Etching, lavis, burin, drypoint, and burnishing on ivory wove paper with gilt edges
13.9 × 19.6 cm (5.5 × 7.7 in)

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