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There Was Nothing to be Done and He Died, plate 53 from The Disasters of War

Francisco José de Goya y LucientesLinkedCulture matchlcp-996a1e74ef53

Date: 1812/15, published 1863
Medium: Etching, burnished aquatint, lavis and burin on ivory wove paper with gilt edges
Culture: Spain
Department: Prints and Drawings
Institution: Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID: 124906

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Credit line: Gift of J. C. Cebrian

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Object type: AAT300041273

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