De qué sirve una taza? (Of what use is a cup?); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 59.

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De qué sirve una taza? (Of what use is a cup?); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 59.

Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)

Drawn and etched about 1812–14

Medium/Technique Etching, burnished aquatint, and lavis; working proof

Dimensions Platemark: 15.7 x 20.7 cm (6 3/16 x 8 1/8 in.)
Sheet: 22 x 31.5 cm (8 11/16 x 12 3/8 in.)

Credit Line 1951 Purchase Fund

Accession Number51.1680

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Harris 179, I, 1; Delteil 0178

DescriptionWorking proof, before numbers, title, before aquatint removed from edges (H. I, 1).

Marks SERRA

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)