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Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

It's a hard step!, plate 14 from The Disasters of War

1810/11, published 1863
Etching, burnished lavis, drypoint and burin on ivory wove paper with gilt edges
12.9 × 15.5 cm (5.1 × 6.1 in)

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