Skip to main content
Advanced Search
And His House Is on Fire (Ysele quema la Casa.) Caprichos 18

And His House Is on Fire (Ysele quema la Casa.)
Caprichos 18

(Spanish, 1746–1828)
1797–1799
Medium/TechniqueEtching and aquatint with burnishing and drypoint (in bound volume of pre-publication trial proofs)
DimensionsPlatemark: 21.9 x 15.4 cm (8 5/8 x 6 1/16 in.)
Sheet: 30 x 20 cm (11 13/16 x 7 7/8 in.)
Credit LineBequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession numberB4165.18
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
Inscriptionsupper right in etching: 18.; lower center: title
ProvenanceWilliam Perkins Babcock (b. 1826–d. 1899), Paris; 1900, bequest of William Perkins Babcock to the MFA. (Acquired 12 June 1900.)
Image Not Available for Con razon ó sin ella. (Rightly or wrongly); from Los Desastres de la Guerra (The Disasters of War). plate 2, mounted in a bound album
Con razon ó sin ella. (Rightly or wrongly); from Los Desastres de la Guerra (The Disasters of War). plate 2, 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
Fran.co Goya y Lucientes, Pintor (Frontispiece, pl. 1, bound into "Los Caprichos") (Francisco Goya, Painter, plate 1 of "Los Caprichos")
Fran.co Goya y Lucientes, Pintor (Frontispiece, pl. 1, bound into "Los Caprichos") (Francisco Goya, Painter, plate 1 of "Los Caprichos")
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched, 1797–98; published 1799
Image Not Available for Fuerte cosa es ! (This is too much!); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 31.
Fuerte cosa es ! (This is too much!); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 31.
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1810–14; whole series first published posthumously 1863
Tampoco. (Nor this); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 36.
Tampoco. (Nor this); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 36.
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1810–14; whole series first published posthumously 1863
Que biene el Coco. (The bogeyman is coming); Plate 3 bound into "Los Caprichos"
Que biene el Coco. (The bogeyman is coming); Plate 3 bound into "Los Caprichos"
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched 1797–98, published 1799
El de la royona (Nanny's boy); Plate 4 bound into "Los Caprichos"
El de la royona (Nanny's boy); Plate 4 bound into "Los Caprichos"
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched 1797–98, published 1799
Que se la llevaron. (They have carried her off); Plate 8 bound into "Los Caprichos"
Que se la llevaron. (They have carried her off); Plate 8 bound into "Los Caprichos"
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched 1797–98, published 1799
Qual la descañonan! (Oh how they pluck out her quills); Plate 21 bound into "Los Caprichos"
Qual la descañonan! (Oh how they pluck out her quills); Plate 21 bound into "Los Caprichos"
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched 1797–98, published 1799
Que sacrificio! (What a sacrifice!); Plate 14 bound into "Caprichos"
Que sacrificio! (What a sacrifice!); Plate 14 bound into "Caprichos"
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched 1797–98, published 1799
Ya van despumados. (There they go plucked(ie fleeced); Plate 20 bound into "Los Caprichos"
Ya van despumados. (There they go plucked(ie fleeced); Plate 20 bound into "Los Caprichos"
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched 1797–98, published 1799
Aquellos polbos. (That dust); Plate 23 bound into "Los Caprichos"
Aquellos polbos. (That dust); Plate 23 bound into "Los Caprichos"
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched 1797–98, published 1799
Si quebró el Cantaro. (Yes he broke the pot); Plate 25 bound into "Los Caprichos"
Si quebró el Cantaro. (Yes he broke the pot); Plate 25 bound into "Los Caprichos"
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched 1797–98, published 1799