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Lo merecia. (He deserved it); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 29.
Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
Drawn and etched about 1813
Medium/Technique
Etching and drypoint, touched with black chalk, working proof
Dimensions
Platemark: 18 x 22 cm (7 1/16 x 8 11/16 in.)
Sheet: 19.2 x 30.3 cm (7 9/16 x 11 15/16 in.)
Sheet: 19.2 x 30.3 cm (7 9/16 x 11 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
1951 Purchase Fund
Accession Number51.1654
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Harris 149, I, 1; Delteil 0148
DescriptionBlack ink, clean-wiped. No bevel.
Working proof before number, title, burin, burnishing, touched with black chalk (H. I, 1).
Working proof before number, title, burin, burnishing, touched with black chalk (H. I, 1).
Marks
No watermark
Inscriptionsu.l. corner, gray ink, "26"; u.r. in black chalk: "29".
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)