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With or without cause
Whether right or wrong
With or Without Justification
Con razon ó sin ella. (Rightly or Wrongly); from Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos (Fatal Consequences of the bloody war in Spain with Bonaparte. And other emphatic caprices [Disasters of War], plate 2
With or without cause
Whether right or wrong
With or Without Justification
Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
Drawn and etched 1811-1812, published 1863
Medium/Technique
Etching, lavis (direct tonal etching) over sand or salt aquatint, drypoint, scraping, and burnishing; working proof
Dimensions
Platemark: 15 x 20.9 cm (5 7/8 x 8 1/4 in.)
Sheet: 21.3 x 31.7 cm (8 3/8 x 12 1/2 in.)
Sheet: 21.3 x 31.7 cm (8 3/8 x 12 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
1951 Purchase Fund
Accession Number51.1623
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Harris 122, I, 2; Delteil 0121
Description
Working proof before engraved title, number, and additional work (drypoint and burin (Harris I,2).
Warm black ink. No bevel.
Working proof before engraved title, number, and additional work (drypoint and burin (Harris I,2).
Warm black ink. No bevel.
Marks
No watermark
Verso: MFA stamp (Lugt 282), without acc. number.
Verso: MFA stamp (Lugt 282), without acc. number.
InscriptionsIn graphite, u.r. 2; engraved, l.l.: 36; u.r. corner, graphite (later hand): Total 75 (the 5 written over 8); Verso: in graphtie: 2 within circle
Provenance1863, sold by Valentín Carderera y Solano (b. 1796–d. 1880), Madrid, to Sir William Stirling Maxwell (b. 1818–d. 1878), Keir House, Scotland; 1878, by inheritance to his son, Brigadier General Archibald Stirling (b. 1867–d. 1931), Keir House; 1931, by inheritance to his son, Lieutenant Colonel William Joseph Stirling (b. 1911–d. 1983), Keir House; September 13, 1951, sold by William Joseph Stirling, through Colnaghi & Co. and Philip Hofer (b. 1898–d. 1984), Cambridge, MA, to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 13, 1951)