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No quieren. (They do not want to); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 9.

(Spanish, 1746–1828)
Drawn and etched about 1810–14; whole series first published posthumously 1863
Medium/TechniqueEtching, aquatint, drypoint, burin and burnisher; posthumous trial proof
DimensionsPlatemark: 15.6 x 20.9 cm (6 1/8 x 8 1/4 in.)
Sheet: 26.1 x 34.5 cm (10 1/4 x 13 9/16 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds by exchange from the bequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession number1973.732.9
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsEngraved l.l., 29[struck through]; engraved u.l. 9; in graphite, u.r. inside pm. 9, below image, outside pm., No quieren.
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).
Que valor! (What courage!); from Los Desastres de la Guerra (The Disasters of War), plate 7, mounted in a bound album
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1811-12; this set printed 1862; whole series first published posthumously 1863