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Amarga presencia. (Bitter presence); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 13.
Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
Drawn and etched about 1810–14
Medium/Technique
Etching, lavis, drypoint, burin, and burnisher; working proof
Dimensions
Platemark: 14.3 x 16.9 cm (5 5/8 x 6 5/8 in.)
Sheet: 22.2 x 31.3 cm (8 3/4 x 12 5/16 in.)
Sheet: 22.2 x 31.3 cm (8 3/4 x 12 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
1951 Purchase Fund
Accession Number51.1635
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Harris 133, I, 2; Delteil 0132
DescriptionWarm black ink. No bevel.
Working proof, before numbers and letters, and before lavis burnished from plate edges (?) (H. I, 2).
Working proof, before numbers and letters, and before lavis burnished from plate edges (?) (H. I, 2).
Marks
SERRA
InscriptionsEtched l.l., Goya; u.r. inside pm. in graphite, 13.
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)