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Caridad. (Charity); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 27.

(Spanish, 1746–1828)
1810
Medium/TechniqueEtching, direct etching with burnishing, drypoint, and engraving, on laid paper; working proof
DimensionsPlatemark: 16.1 x 23.1 cm (6 5/16 x 9 1/8 in.)
Sheet (irregular): 22.2 x 31.8 cm (8 3/4 x 12 1/2 in.)

Credit Line1951 Purchase Fund
Accession number51.1653
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsUpper right twice in graphite: 27a; lower left, etched in plate: Goya 1810
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)
Disparate Claro (Evident Folly); from the "Disparates" series, plate 15
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Drawn and etched about 1816-19
The Ladies-in-Waiting ("Las Meninas"), after Velázquez
Francisco Goya y Lucientes
about 1779–1785