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Curarlos, y á otra. (Take care of them and on to the next); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 20.
Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
Drawn and etched about 1810–14
Medium/Technique
Etching, drypoint, burin, and lavis; working proof
Dimensions
Platemark: 16.2 x 23.7 cm (6 3/8 x 9 5/16 in.)
Sheet: 19.6 x 30.6 cm (7 11/16 x 12 1/16 in.)
Sheet: 19.6 x 30.6 cm (7 11/16 x 12 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
1951 Purchase Fund
Accession Number51.1645
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Harris 140, I, 2; Delteil 0139
DescriptionBrown/black ink, plate tone. No bevel.
Working proof, before letters, with additional etching and lavis (H. I, 2)
Working proof, before letters, with additional etching and lavis (H. I, 2)
Marks
No watermark
Inscriptionsetched l.l.: Goya 1810; u.r. within pm., in graphite: 10A
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)