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Bury them and be quiet
Enterrar y callar. (To Bury and Keep Quiet); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 18.
Bury them and be quiet
Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
Drawn and etched about 1810–14
Medium/Technique
Etching, drypoint, burin, lavis, and burnishing; working proof
Dimensions
Sheet: 19.6 x 30.2 cm (7 11/16 x 11 7/8 in.)
Platemark: 16.3 x 23.7 cm (6 7/16 x 9 5/16 in.)
Platemark: 16.3 x 23.7 cm (6 7/16 x 9 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
1951 Purchase Fund
Accession Number51.1640
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Harris 138, I, 3; Delteil 0137: Gassier & Wilson 1020
DescriptionBlack ink. No bevel.
Working proof before numbers and letters, with lavis and plate tone in margins (H. I, 3).
Working proof before numbers and letters, with lavis and plate tone in margins (H. I, 3).
Marks
Verso: MFA stamp in brown ink (Lugt 282)
InscriptionsEtched l.l.: Goya; u.l. in brown ink: 20; u.r. in black chalk: 18A.
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)