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Plate 39 from "The Disasters of War" (Los Desastres de La Guerra): 'An heroic feat! With dead men!' (Grande hazaña! Con muertos!)

1810 (published 1863)
Etching, lavis, drypoint
15.5 × 20.5 cm (6.1 × 8.1 in)

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