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Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

On account of a knife, plate 34 from The Disasters of War

1812/15, published 1863
Etching, drypoint, burin and burnishing on ivory wove paper with gilt edges
13.8 × 18.7 cm (5.4 × 7.4 in)

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