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And they are wild beasts

And they are wild beasts
(Y son fieras)
(c. 1810-1814)
plate 5 in Los Desastres de la Guerra (The Disasters of War) series (1810–15), published 1863

Medium
etching, burnished aquatint and drypoint

Measurements
13.4 × 18.3 cm (image) 15.5 × 20.5 cm (plate) 24.4 × 33.2 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1966

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Madrid, Spain

Catalogue/s Raisonné
Harris 125.III.1

Edition
1st edition

Printing/Publishing
published by the Real Academia de San Fernando, Madrid

Inscription
printed in ink u.l.: 5
printed in ink l.l.: 8 (faint)
printed in ink l.c.: Y son fieras

Accession Number
1684-5

Department
International Prints and Drawings

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