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It's a hard step!

It's a hard step!
(Duro es el paso!)
(c. 1810-1814)
plate 14 in Los Desastres de la Guerra (The Disasters of War) series (1810–15), published 1863

Medium
etching, burnished lavis, drypoint and burin

Measurements
12.8 × 15.6 cm (image) 14.2 × 16.7 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
Gassier & Wilson 1013; Harris 134.III.1

Edition
1st edition

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

Inscription
printed in ink u.l.: 14
printed in ink l.l.: 23 (faint)
printed in ink l.c.: Duro es el paso!

Accession Number
1684-5

Department
International Prints and Drawings

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