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De que mal morira? (Of what ill will he die?); Plate 40 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
Dimensions Platemark: 21.5 x 15 cm (8 7/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
Sheet: 30.0 x 20.0 cm (11 13/16 x 7 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession NumberB4165.40
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Harris 075, II; Delteil 077
DescriptionCompleted plate, before bevel, pre-publication impression.
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.