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Charity (Caridad) Disasters of War 27
Caridad. (Charity); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 27.
Charity (Caridad) Disasters of War 27
Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
1810
Medium/Technique
Etching, direct etching with burnishing, drypoint, and engraving, on laid paper; working proof
Dimensions
Platemark: 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.)
Sheet (irregular): 22.2 x 31.8 cm (8 3/4 x 12 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
1951 Purchase Fund
Accession Number51.1653
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Harris 147, I, 4; Delteil 0146: Gassier & Wilson 1038
DescriptionBlack ink, clean-wiped. No bevel
Working proof, after additional etching and drypoint, with lavis and burnishing, before title and numbers (H. I, 4).
Working proof, after additional etching and drypoint, with lavis and burnishing, before title and numbers (H. I, 4).
Signed
signed
Marks
Verso: MFA stamp in brown ink (Lugt 282)
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)