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El buitre carnívoro. (The carnivorous vulture); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 76.
Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
Drawn and etched about 1814–15
Medium/Technique
Etching, working proof
Dimensions
Platemark: 17.7 x 22.1 cm (6 15/16 x 8 11/16 in.)
Sheet: 22 x 31.9 cm (8 11/16 x 12 9/16 in.)
Sheet: 22 x 31.9 cm (8 11/16 x 12 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
1951 Purchase Fund
Accession Number51.1691
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Harris 196, I, 1; Delteil 0195
DescriptionWorking proof, before title, before drypoint, burin, and printed tone (H. I, 1) (the plate incomplete).
Marks
No watermark
ProvenanceValentín Carderera y Solano (?), Madrid (1796-1880); Sir William Stirling (later Stirling-Maxwell), Bart of Keir (1818-1878); Brigadier-General Archibald Stirling, of Keir; Colnaghi, London; Purchased by MFA, Boston (Lugt 282), through Philip Hofer, Cambridge, MA (1898-1984); Purchased Sept. 13, 1951..