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The custody of a criminal does not call for torture, Preparatory drawing for the etching "La seguridad de un reo no exige tormento"

The custody of a criminal does not call for torture, Preparatory drawing for the etching "La seguridad de un reo no exige tormento"

(Spanish, 1746–1828)
1810–14
Medium/TechniquePen, brush and brown ink over slight graphite sketch; sanguine border; the outlines of the image incised for transfer and the verso rubbed with red chalk
DimensionsSheet :10.48 x 7.15 cm (4 1/8 x 2 13/16 in.)
Credit LineBequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession number1974.223
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
ProvenanceBy 1931, W.G.Russell Allen (Boston, 1882-1955); acquired by bequest April 1974 (accession date April 10, 1974)