The Disasters of War, by Goya

An image of Its a hard step. Los Desastres de la Guerra (The Disasters of War). Goya y Lucientes, Francisco José de (Spanish, 1746-1828). 80 etched plates in a bound copy of the second edition, Madrid 1892.

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Its a hard step. Los Desastres de la Guerra (The Disasters of War). Goya y Lucientes, Francisco José de (Spanish, 1746-1828). 80 etched plates in a bound copy of the second edition, Madrid 1892.

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Accession Number: P.180-2007
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/19.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Michael Jones
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Fnumber: 19/1
Captured: 2014:10:09 10:16:12

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