Hunger scene

See Women surprised by soldiers.

The Disasters of War series included, in its depiction of the ravages of the War of Independence, numerous scenes of starvation in Madrid, one of the devastating consequences of the conflict. This Hunger Scene shows a group of at least five people lamenting around a dying man who appears to be lying on the ground. The unfinished nature of the drawing makes it difficult to identify the details of the group, whose members embrace each other and show, through their gestures and gestures, the pain they feel. The two most prominent figures are the two women who are arranged more closely together: on the left, a younger woman, and on the right, what appears to be an old woman wearing a headdress and holding her hands to her face.