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The sound and the sick
The sound and the sick

The sound and the sick

Artist (Spanish, 1746 - 1828)
Titles
  • Plate 57 from The Disasters of War
  • Sanos y enfermos
Dateca. 1810-1820 (published 1863)
Mediumetching, burnished aquatint, burin, burnisher
DimensionsOverall: 9 7/8 x 13 3/8 in. (25.1 x 34 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 numberPC1999.01.57
ClassificationsPrint Collection
DescriptionA cloaked woman stands over a sickly child with one hand over his shoulder and the other hand gestures toward a sick man, seated to their right. A woman nurses a baby just behind them. A man lays in the background to their left. Two other cloaked women stand, staring at their hands to their far left.

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