Caridad de una muger. (A woman's charity); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 49.

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Caridad de una muger. (A woman's charity); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 49.

Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)

Drawn and etched about 1812–14

Medium/Technique Etching, lavis and burnisher; working proof

Dimensions Platemark: 15.4 x 20.3 cm (6 1/16 x 8 in.)
Sheet: 19.4 x 30.5 cm (7 5/8 x 12 in.)

Credit Line 1951 Purchase Fund

Accession Number51.1673

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Harris 169, I, 2; Delteil 0168

DescriptionWorking proof, before numbers, title, before burin and before burnishing of lavis from edges and before burnishing of etching (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)