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Lo peor es pedir. (The worst is to beg); from "Los Desastres de la Guerra" (Disasters of War), plate 55
Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
Printer: Workshop of Laurenciano (Laureano) Potenciano
Printer: Workshop of Laurenciano (Laureano) Potenciano
Drawn and etched 1812–14; published 1863
Medium/Technique
Etching, burnished lavis, and burnisher; posthumous first edition
Dimensions
Platemark: 15.6 x 20.8 cm (6 1/8 x 8 3/16 in.)
Sheet: 24.5 x 33.5 cm (9 5/8 x 13 3/16 in.)
Sheet: 24.5 x 33.5 cm (9 5/8 x 13 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund, by exchange
Accession NumberM21914.55
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Harris 175, III, 1; Delteil 0174
DescriptionFrom posthumous first edition (1863), with title and final numbers (Harris III, 1). Made in the workshop of Laurenciano Potenciano for the Real Academia de San Fernando, Madrid, completed March, 1863.
Volume bound in brown morocco, with gold letters on spine: "GOYA/ LOS DESASTRES/ DE LA/ GUERRA" and below, "MADRID/ 1863". Volume: 25.5 x 36.5 x 3 cm. (10 1/4 x 14 1/2 x 1 1/8 in.). The sheets are gold tipped. Title page reproduced, P. Hofer, The Disasters of War, N.Y.: Dover, 1967, p. 4. There is a two page introduction.
Volume bound in brown morocco, with gold letters on spine: "GOYA/ LOS DESASTRES/ DE LA/ GUERRA" and below, "MADRID/ 1863". Volume: 25.5 x 36.5 x 3 cm. (10 1/4 x 14 1/2 x 1 1/8 in.). The sheets are gold tipped. Title page reproduced, P. Hofer, The Disasters of War, N.Y.: Dover, 1967, p. 4. There is a two page introduction.
Marks
No watermark
ProvenancePurchased 6/1/1911