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Why? (Por qué?) Disasters of War 32
Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
1811–1812
Medium/Technique
Etching and direct etching or fine grain aquatint (working proof)
Dimensions
Platemark: 15.7 x 20.9 cm (6 3/16 x 8 1/4 in.)
Sheet: 20.1 x 30.2 cm (7 15/16 x 11 7/8 in.)
Sheet: 20.1 x 30.2 cm (7 15/16 x 11 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
1951 Purchase Fund
Accession Number51.1656
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Harris 152, I, 2; Delteil 0151
DescriptionWorking proof, before title and numbers, before drypoint and additional burin, and before lavis removed from plate edges (H. I, 2).
Marks
No watermark
InscriptionsUpper left in black ink: 8; upper right twice in graphite pencil: 32.
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)