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Plate 2 from "The Disasters of War" (Los Desastres de la Guerra): 'Rightly or wrongly' (Con razon ó sin ella)

1810 (published 1863)
Etching, lavis, drypoint, burin, burnisher
15.3 × 20.5 cm (6 × 8.1 in)

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