Description
Ever-increasing violence is on display in this horrific scene. A trial proof of this print bears the inscription, “The one at Chinchón,” suggesting that the artist witnessed this scene of human barbarity.
This is Worse, plate 37 from The Disasters of War
1812/15, published 1863
Accession Number
124884
Medium
Etching, lavis and drypoint on ivory wove paper with gilt edges
Dimensions
Image: 13.9 × 18.5 cm (5 1/2 × 7 5/16 in.); Plate: 15.3 × 20.8 cm (6 1/16 × 8 1/4 in.); Sheet: 24 × 34 cm (9 1/2 × 13 7/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Credit Line
Gift of J. C. Cebrian
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