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And it can't be helped
And it can't be helped

And it can't be helped

Artist (Spanish, 1746 - 1828)
Titles
  • Y no hai remedio
  • Plate 15 from The Disasters of War
Dateca. 1810 (published 1863)
Mediumetching, drypoint, burin, and burnisher
DimensionsPlatemark: 5 1/2 × 6 9/16 in. (13.9 × 16.7 cm) Overall: 9 11/16 x 13 1/4 in. (24.6 x 33.7 cm) Framed: 15 1/4 × 17 3/4 × 3/4 in. (38.7 × 45.1 × 1.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Robert and Karen Hoehn
CultureSpanish
Inscribed"Y no hai remedio." in plate below image; number 15 in plate outside image at u.l., l.r.
PortfolioLos desastres de la guerra, first edition, published March 1863
Catalogue raisonnéHarris 135.III.1 (first edition, with letters); Blas & Matilla 2000, cat. no. 15.
Object numberPC1999.01.15
ClassificationsPrint Collection
DescriptionMan blindfolded and tied to a post at center, dead man bleeding from head at his feet; barrels of guns pointed at figure come into frame at right; in background three other soldiers take aim at two other men tied to posts.

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