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Esto es malo. (This is bad); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 46.
Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
Drawn and etched about 1810–14
Medium/Technique
Etching, burnished aquatint, lavis, and burin; working proof
Dimensions
Platemark: 15.6 x 20.8 cm (6 1/8 x 8 3/16 in.)
Sheet: 19.2 x 30.4 cm (7 9/16 x 11 15/16 in.)
Sheet: 19.2 x 30.4 cm (7 9/16 x 11 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
1951 Purchase Fund
Accession Number51.1670
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Harris 166, I, 2; Delteil 0165
DescriptionWorking proof, before numbers, title, before drypoint and burnishing of edges and etching, before additional burin (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)