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And they are like wild beasts
Y son fieras. (And they are wild beasts!); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 5.
And they are like wild beasts
Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
Drawn and etched about 1811-12
Medium/Technique
Etching, burnished aquatint, drypoint, and burnishing scratches, on laid paper; working proof
Dimensions
Platemark: 15.8 x 21 cm (6 1/4 x 8 1/4 in.)
Sheet: 21.5 x 31.5 cm (8 7/16 x 12 3/8 in.)
Sheet: 21.5 x 31.5 cm (8 7/16 x 12 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
1951 Purchase Fund
Accession Number51.1625
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Harris 125, I, 2; Delteil 0124; Gassier & Wilson 998
DescriptionBlack ink. No bevel.
Working proof, before final number and letters, and before additional burnishing (H. I, 2).
Working proof, before final number and letters, and before additional burnishing (H. I, 2).
Marks
Verso: MFA stamp in brown ink (Lugt 282), without acc. no.
InscriptionsL.l., engraved: 28; u.l. in black ink: 5, u.r. in graphite 5.
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)