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Esto es peor. (This is worse); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 37.

Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
Drawn and etched about 1810–14

Medium/Technique Etching, lavis, and drypoint; working proof
Dimensions Platemark: 15.7 x 20.8 cm (6 3/16 x 8 3/16 in.)
Sheet: 15.3 x 20.3 cm (6 x 8 in.)
Credit Line 1951 Purchase Fund
Accession Number51.1661
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Harris 157, I, 2; Delteil 0156
DescriptionWorking proof, before letters, numbers before drypoint, before lavis wiped from edges (H. I, 2).
Marks No watermark
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)