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And they are like wild beasts
And they are like wild beasts

And they are like wild beasts

Artist (Spanish, 1746 - 1828)
Titles
  • Plate 5 from The Disasters of War
  • Y son fieras
Date1810-1863
Mediumetching, burnished aquatint, drypoint
DimensionsOverall: 9 3/4 x 13 1/4 in. (24.8 x 33.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Robert and Karen Hoehn
CultureSpanish
PortfolioLos desastres de la guerra, first edition by Tomas Harris, March 1863
Catalogue raisonnéHarris 121.III.1b (first edition, with letters, before correction); Blas & Matilla 2000, cat.no.1.
Object numberPC1999.01.05
ClassificationsPrint Collection
DescriptionFaceless soldiers murder and fight common women with guns. Some women carry knives, babies, and rocks. Victims are piled and fighting continues around them.

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