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Sad Presentiments of What is to Come
Tristes presentimientos de lo que ha de acontecer. (Sad forebodings of what is to happen); from bound set of the first edition of "Los Desastres de la Guerra" (Disasters of War), plate 1
Sad Presentiments of What is to Come
Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
Printer: Workshop of Laurenciano (Laureano) Potenciano
Printer: Workshop of Laurenciano (Laureano) Potenciano
Drawn and etched about 1813-15; published 1863
Medium/Technique
Etching, drypoint, and burnishing of salt ground aquatint or sulfur tint; posthumous first edition
Dimensions
Platemark: 17.5 × 22.5 cm (6 7/8 × 8 7/8 in.)
Sheet: 24.3 × 33.3 cm (9 9/16 × 13 1/8 in.)
Overall (dimenisions of bound volume): 25.5 × 36.5 × 3 cm (10 1/16 × 14 3/8 × 1 3/16 in.)
Sheet: 24.3 × 33.3 cm (9 9/16 × 13 1/8 in.)
Overall (dimenisions of bound volume): 25.5 × 36.5 × 3 cm (10 1/16 × 14 3/8 × 1 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund, by exchange
Accession NumberM21914.1
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints – Bound sets
Prints
Prints
Catalogue Raisonné
Harris 121, III, 1, a; Delteil 0120
DescriptionBlack/brown ink, plate-tone. The plate has bevel.
In bound copy of posthumous first edition (1863), with letters and number (Harris III, 1, a), but before corrections in some of the titles (Plates 9, 32,33, 34, 35, 36, 39, 47).
Made in the workshop of Laurenciano Potenciano for the Real Academia de San Fernando, Madrid, completed March, 1863.
Volume bound in brown morocco, with gold letters on spine: "GOYA/ LOS DESASTRES/ DE LA/ GUERRA" and below, "MADRID/ 1863". Volume: 25.5 x 36.5 x 3 cm. (10 1/4 x 14 1/2 x 1 1/8 in.).
The sheets are gold tipped.
There is a two page biographical introduction.
In bound copy of posthumous first edition (1863), with letters and number (Harris III, 1, a), but before corrections in some of the titles (Plates 9, 32,33, 34, 35, 36, 39, 47).
Made in the workshop of Laurenciano Potenciano for the Real Academia de San Fernando, Madrid, completed March, 1863.
Volume bound in brown morocco, with gold letters on spine: "GOYA/ LOS DESASTRES/ DE LA/ GUERRA" and below, "MADRID/ 1863". Volume: 25.5 x 36.5 x 3 cm. (10 1/4 x 14 1/2 x 1 1/8 in.).
The sheets are gold tipped.
There is a two page biographical introduction.
Marks
No watermark
InscriptionsEngraved u.l.: l, below image,: Tristes presentimientos de lo que ha de acontecer(over lightly scratched letters).
ProvenanceSource unknown; purchased by MFA June, 1911.