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Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

Bitter to be Present, plate 13 from The Disasters of War

1810/11, published 1863
Etching, lavis, drypoint, burin, and burnishing on ivory wove paper with gilt edges
13 × 16 cm (5.1 × 6.3 in)

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