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Si amanece; nos Vamos. (When day breaks, we will be off); Caprichos 71

(Spanish, 1746–1828)
1797–98
Medium/TechniqueEtching, burnished aquatint, and burin; working proof
DimensionsPlatemark: 20.2 x 15.2 cm (7 15/16 x 6 in.)
Sheet: 32.1 x 21.7 cm (12 5/8 x 8 9/16 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by Keylitho Ltd., Montreal and by exchange from the H. E. Bolles Fund
Accession number1973.719
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsU.l. in red chalk: 1; u.r. in brown ink: P 71; in red chalk below platemark; Si amanece. nos vamos. Later inscriptions: u..l. in black chalk: 71; l.l.: JH 831 (chalk) ; LD. 108, [xxx], I ; K 8752 (graphite); l.r. C19946 (Colnaghi stock no.]
ProvenanceProbably Ricardo de los Rios (b. 1846–d. 1929), Paris. ? 1930 through Guiot and Colnaghi to Philip Hofer (b. 1898–d. 1984), NY; Philip Hofer and his wife, Frances L. Hofer (b. 1908–d. 1978), Cambridge, MA; 1974, sold by Mr. and Mrs. Hofer, through Robert M. Light (dealer), Boston, to the MFA. (original vote June 13, 1973)