Plate 76 from "The Disasters of War" (Los Desastres de la Guerra): 'The carnivorous vulture' (El buitre carnívoro)
1814–15 (published 1863)
Etching, drypoint(?), burin, burnisher
17.3 × 22 cm (6.8 × 8.7 in)
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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026
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