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Se defiende bien. (He defends himself well); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 78 (one of the "caprichos enfáticos").
Image Not Available for Se defiende bien. (He defends himself well); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 78 (one of the "caprichos enfáticos").

Se defiende bien. (He defends himself well); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 78 (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 (?), drypoint, and burin; posthumous trial proof, mounted in a bound album
DimensionsPlatemark: 17.9 x 21.9 cm (7 1/16 x 8 5/8 in.)
Sheet: 26.4 x 35.5 cm (10 3/8 x 14 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by Miss Ellen Stillman and the M. and M. Karolik Fund
Accession number1973.732.78
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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).