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One Can't Look (No se puede mirar.) Disasters of War 26
No se puede mirar. (One can't look.); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 26.
One Can't Look (No se puede mirar.) Disasters of War 26
Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
about 1811–1812
Medium/Technique
Etching, direct etching or fine grain aquatint with burnishing, textural etching, and drypoint (working proof)
Dimensions
Platemark: 14.5 x 21 cm (5 11/16 x 8 1/4 in.)
Sheet: 22.6 x 31.6 cm (8 7/8 x 12 7/16 in.)
Sheet: 22.6 x 31.6 cm (8 7/8 x 12 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
1951 Purchase Fund
Accession Number51.1651
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Harris 146; Delteil 145; Gassier & Wilson 1037
DescriptionBlack ink. No bevel.
Working proof, before printed title below and and number "26" at u..l. (H. I, 3).
Working proof, before printed title below and and number "26" at u..l. (H. I, 3).
Marks
Verso: MFA stamp in brown ink (Lugt 282)
InscriptionsUpper right in graphite pencil: 26; lower left in etching: 27
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)