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Que se la llevaron. (They have carried her off); Plate 8 bound into "Los Caprichos"

Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
Drawn and etched 1797–98, published 1799

Medium/Technique Etching and burnished aquatint, pre-publication impression, proof before correction in title
(before exclamation point added)
Dimensions Platemark: 21.8 x 15.2 cm (8 9/16 x 6 in.)
Sheet: 30.0 x 20.0 cm (11 13/16 x 7 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession NumberB4165.8
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Harris 043, II, 1; Delteil 045
DescriptionProof, before correction in title (exclamation point added), before bevel, pre-publication impression (H. 11, 1).
From a bound pre-publication set of so-called trial proofs (H. II);
bound in brown sprinkled (mottled) calf with gold letters and decoration. On spine in gold on black: CAPRICH / DE/ GOYA; 31.0 x 21.3; in red slipcase, 31.8 x 22.8 cm
ProvenanceWilliam P. Babcock (1826-1899, born in Boston, lived in Paris, Lugt 207); acquired by bequest to the MFA, 12 June 1900.