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Image Not Available for Que se rompe la cuerda. (The rope is fraying); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 77 (one of the "caprichos enfáticos").
Que se rompe la cuerda. (The rope is fraying); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 77 (one of the "caprichos enfáticos").
Image Not Available for Que se rompe la cuerda. (The rope is fraying); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 77 (one of the "caprichos enfáticos").

Que se rompe la cuerda. (The rope is fraying); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 77 (one of the "caprichos enfáticos").

Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
Drawn and etched about 1814–15; whole series first published posthumously 1863
Medium/TechniqueEtching, lavis or burnished aquataint (sulfur tint?); posthumous trial proof
DimensionsPlatemark: 17.8 x 22.1 cm (7 x 8 11/16 in.)
Sheet: 26.4 x 35.5 cm (10 3/8 x 14 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by Sargent Bradlee and by exchange from a gift of Miss Ellen T. Bullard
Accession number1973.732.77
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ClassificationsPrints
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).
Image Not Available for No se puede saber por qué. (There is no way of telling why); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 35.
No se puede saber por qué. (There is no way of telling why); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 35.
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1810–14; whole series first published posthumously 1863
Qué alborato es este? (What is this hubbub?); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 65 (one of the "caprichos enfáticos").
Qué alborato es este? (What is this hubbub?); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 65 (one of the "caprichos enfáticos").
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1814–15; whole series first published posthumously 1863
Image Not Available for Faràndula de charlatanes. (Charlatans' Show); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 75 (one of the "caprichos enfáticos").
Faràndula de charlatanes. (Charlatans' Show); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 75 (one of the "caprichos enfáticos").
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1814–15; whole series first published posthumously 1863
Image Not Available for Bien te se está. (It serves you right); from "Los Desatres de la Guerra" (Disasters of War), plate 6, mounted in a bound album.
Bien te se está. (It serves you right); from "Los Desatres de la Guerra" (Disasters of War), plate 6, mounted in a bound album.
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1811-12; this set printed about 1862; whole series first published posthumously 1863
Image Not Available for Que locura! (What madness!); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 68 (one of the "caprichos enfáticos").
Que locura! (What madness!); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 68 (one of the "caprichos enfáticos").
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1814–15; whole series first published posthumously 1863
Image Not Available for Ni por esas. (Neither do these); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 11.
Ni por esas. (Neither do these); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 11.
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1810–14; whole series first published posthumously 1863
Image Not Available for No se convienen. (They do not agree); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 17.
No se convienen. (They do not agree); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 17.
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1810–14; whole series first published posthumously 1863
Disparate de Tontos (Fool's Folly) from the Disparates series
Disparate de Tontos (Fool's Folly) from the Disparates series
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched, 1816-19, printed about 1877
Banderillas de fuego. (Banderillas with firecrackers); from the series "Tauromaquia" (Bullfighting), plate 31
Banderillas de fuego. (Banderillas with firecrackers); from the series "Tauromaquia" (Bullfighting), plate 31
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1815; printed 19th century
Image Not Available for Banderillas de fuego. (Banderillas with firecrackers); from the series "Tauromaquia" (Bullfighting), plate 31
Banderillas de fuego. (Banderillas with firecrackers); from the series "Tauromaquia" (Bullfighting), plate 31
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1815; Late 19th to early 20th century printing
No se puede saber por que. [No se puede saber por qué.] (There is no way of telling why.); from "Los Desastres de la Guerra" (Disasters of War), plate 35
No se puede saber por que. [No se puede saber por qué.] (There is no way of telling why.); from "Los Desastres de la Guerra" (Disasters of War), plate 35
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1810–14; published 1863
Qué alborato es este? (What is this hubbub?); from "Los Desastres de la Guerra" (Disasters of War), plate 65 (one of the "caprichos enfáticos")
Qué alborato es este? (What is this hubbub?); from "Los Desastres de la Guerra" (Disasters of War), plate 65 (one of the "caprichos enfáticos")
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1814–15; published 1863