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And There Is No Remedy (Y no hai remedio.) Disasters of War 15

Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
1811–1812

Medium/Technique Etching, drypoint, and direct etching, on laid paper (working proof)
Dimensions Platemark: 14 x 16.3 cm (5 1/2 x 6 7/16 in.)
Sheet: 22 x 31.6 cm (8 11/16 x 12 7/16 in.)
Credit Line 1951 Purchase Fund
Accession Number51.1637
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Harris 135, I, 1; Delteil 134; Gassier & Wilson 1015
DescriptionWarm black ink, clean-wiped. No bevel.
GW: 1015. Working proof before numbers and letters (H. I, 1).
Marks Verso: MFA stamp in brown ink (Lugt 282)
InscriptionsUpper right in graphite pencil: 15
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)