A Heroic Feat! With Dead Men!, plate 39 from The Disasters of War
1812/15, published 1863
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes Spanish, 1746-1828
Spain
This harrowing image mocks any notion of the possibility of heroic or admirable consequences of war. Yet much later, Vargi Aivazian of the TASS Window studio turned horror into humor by using this very image as inspiration for his sardonic TASS 634, Holiday Tree Ornaments.
Etching, lavis and drypoint on ivory wove paper with gilt edges