Transporting the injured to hospital

See Women surprised by soldiers.

The scene takes place under a sort of loggia, where a field hospital seems to have been set up. In the foreground, Goya locates a series of lumps in the lower part, lifeless or wounded bodies, which frame the subject. Two groups, each consisting of three people, carry two wounded men with dismembered limbs and exsanguinated heads. Some of the figures are dressed in military jackets with military belts and caps. In the background, other figures can be seen seated with a more schematic treatment. The dynamism of the scene and the treatment of the spatial depth are achieved through the rhythmic distribution of light and shadow that emphasises the figures. The large arches on the right-hand side of the composition, which are barely emphasised, anticipate those of another drawing also entitled Transport of the Wounded to the Hospital, whose figures are distributed in a different way.

Pierre Gassier relates the present drawing to Disaster no. 24. They may still serve, which in his opinion is much more accomplished compositionally, which would explain why this one was never engraved, as it must not have fully satisfied the painter, who continued to try out other options.