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Plate 12 from "The Disasters of War" (Los Desastres de la Guerra): 'This is what you were born for' (Para eso habeis nacido)

ca. 1810 (published 1863)
Etching, lavis, drypoint, burin
16.4 × 23.5 cm (6.5 × 9.3 in)

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