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Los Caprichos
Drawn and etched, 1797–98; published 1799
Place of Publication: Madrid, Spain
Medium/Technique
Bound set of eighty etching and aquatints, first edition containing contemporary manuscript introduction, title and plate explanations
(Madrid: 1799) Octavo; 167 leaves [title page, 5 ll. text, part title, 160 ll. (alternating print titles and mounted prints)]; contemporary gilt-stamped marbled brown calf (cream-colored archival box). The prints trimmed to image and mounted on laid paper.
(Madrid: 1799) Octavo; 167 leaves [title page, 5 ll. text, part title, 160 ll. (alternating print titles and mounted prints)]; contemporary gilt-stamped marbled brown calf (cream-colored archival box). The prints trimmed to image and mounted on laid paper.
Dimensions
Volume: 21.3 x 15.5 x 4.5 cm (8 3/8 x 6 1/8 x 1 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Eleanor A. Sayre
Accession Number2002.495
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints – Bound sets
Madrid: 1799
Catalogue Raisonné
Harris 036-115; Delteil 038-117
Description(Madrid: 1799) Octavo; 167 leaves [title page, 5 ll. text, part title, 160 ll. (alternating print titles and mounted prints)]; contemporary gilt-stamped marbled brown calf (cream-colored archival box).
The plate explanations are attributed to either of two former owners, Victoriano de Parra or Sanchez-Gerona (cf. Juliet Wilson-Bareau, Goya in the Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, 2016m p. 288.
The plate explanations are attributed to either of two former owners, Victoriano de Parra or Sanchez-Gerona (cf. Juliet Wilson-Bareau, Goya in the Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, 2016m p. 288.
ProvenanceVictoriano de Parra (?); José Sanchez-Gerona (1824-1927), Granada and Madrid. Artemis Fine Arts, Ltd. London; 1983 to Eleanor A. Sayre, Cambridge, MA; her bequest to MFA Oct. 23, 2002.