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(c. 1810-1814)
plate 32 in Los Desastres de la Guerra (The Disasters of War) series (1810–15), published 1863

Medium
etching, aquatint, lavis, burnisher, drypoint and burin

Measurements
13.7 × 19.2 cm irreg. (image) 15.3 × 20.6 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 152.III.1b

Edition
1st edition

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

Inscription
printed in ink u.l.: 32
printed in ink l.l.: 49
printed in ink l.c.: Por qué?

Accession Number
1684-5

Department
International Prints and Drawings

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