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Por qué ? (Why?); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 32.
Image Not Available for Por qué ? (Why?); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 32.

Por qué ? (Why?); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 32.

Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
Drawn and etched about 1810–14; whole series first published posthumously 1863
Medium/TechniqueEtching, burin, lavis, and drypoint; posthumous trial proof
DimensionsPlatemark: 15.7 x 20.9 cm (6 3/16 x 8 1/4 in.)
Sheet: 26.3 x 35.4 cm (10 3/8 x 13 15/16 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds by exchange from the bequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession number1973.732.32
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsEngraved, u.l., 32; u.r. within pm. in graphite: 32; l.l., engraved, but uninked, 49; b.c. outside pm. in graphite: Por qué?ProvenanceCharles Blanc; bought for 20 pounds from Colnaghi, April 1863 by William Stirling, Keir (later Stirling-Maxwell); Archibald Stirling; Mr. and Mrs. Philip Hofer, Cambridge, MA; purchased from R. M. Light, Boston, June 12, 1974 (original vote June 13, 1973).