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Que locura! (What madness!); Fatales consequencias de la sangrienta guerra en España con Buonaparte. Y otros caprichos enfaticos [Disasters of War], plate 68.

Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
Drawn and etched about 1814–15

Medium/Technique Etching, working proof
Dimensions Platemark: 16 x 22.2 cm (6 5/16 x 8 3/4 in.)
Sheet: 22 x 31.5 cm (8 11/16 x 12 3/8 in.)
Credit Line 1951 Purchase Fund
Accession Number51.1687
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Harris 188, I, 1; Delteil 0187
DescriptionWorking proof, before number and title, before burin, before printed tone of lavis and sulphur tint, before burnishing scratches removed from plate edges (H. I, 1).
Marks No watermark
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)