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Lo merecia. (He deserved it); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 29.
Lo merecia. (He deserved it); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 29.

Lo merecia. (He deserved it); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 29.

Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
Drawn and etched about 1813
Medium/TechniqueEtching and drypoint, touched with black chalk, working proof
DimensionsPlatemark: 18 x 22 cm (7 1/16 x 8 11/16 in.)
Sheet: 19.2 x 30.3 cm (7 9/16 x 11 15/16 in.)
Credit Line1951 Purchase Fund
Accession number51.1654
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ClassificationsPrints
Inscriptionsu.l. corner, gray ink, "26"; u.r. in black chalk: "29".Provenance1863, sold by Valentín Carderera y Solano (b. 1796–d. 1880), Madrid, to Sir William Stirling Maxwell (b. 1818–d. 1878), Keir House, Scotland; 1878, by inheritance to his son, Brigadier General Archibald Stirling (b. 1867–d. 1931), Keir House; 1931, by inheritance to his son, Lieutenant Colonel William Joseph Stirling (b. 1911–d. 1983), Keir House; September 13, 1951, sold by William Joseph Stirling, through Colnaghi & Co. and Philip Hofer (b. 1898–d. 1984), Cambridge, MA, to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 13, 1951)
Aesop, the Fabulist
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
1778