Although discussions around the Chapmans' work often understandably focus on their transgressions and the artists' provocative attitudes, particularly in relation to broader notions of "art", pieces like Great Deeds can also be viewed on their own merits. The embodiment of suffering, the anatomy of torture, and the aesthetic and moral nature of bringing violence into the museum gallery are prominent motifs in Great Deeds. How do we represent the traumas and catastrophic violence of war, and how do "original" or earlier representations help us make sense of ongoing violence and torture? After all, mutilation and the horrors of war hardly ended with the Peninsular War, the subject of Goya's testimonials.