Esto es peor

Artist Francisco de Goya (Spanish, 1746 - 1828)

Titles

This is Worse
Plate 37 from Disasters of War

Date1810-20; printed 1906

MediumEtching, lavis, drypoint

DimensionsImage: 5 1/2 × 7 3/16 in. (14 × 18.3 cm) Sheet: 10 1/16 × 13 9/16 in. (25.5 × 34.4 cm)

Credit LineBequest of Robert Getscher from the Getscher-Wilkinson Collection

CultureSpanish

InscribedEsto es peor

PortfolioDisasters of War

Catalogue raisonnéHarris 157.III.1 (first edition); Blas & Matilla 2000, cat.no. 37

Object numberPC2014.14.201

ClassificationsPrint Collection

DescriptionA man impaled on a tree with his arms severed from his body and his face contorted in agony is one of the most horrific images of the series. In the background, the French soldiers drag their next victim towards a similar fate, emphasising the ceaseless nature of their cruelty, and the indifference with which it is carried out.

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