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For Heaven's sake: and it was her mother

For Heaven's sake: and it was her mother
(Dios la perdone: y era su madre)
(1797-1798)
plate 16 from Los Caprichos (The Caprices) series (1797–98), published 1799

Medium
etching, aquatint and drypoint printed in sepia ink

Measurements
17.6 × 12.5 cm (image) 19.9 × 14.9 cm (plate) 23.1 × 17.0 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1976

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Madrid, Spain

Catalogue/s Raisonné
Harris 51.III.1

Edition
1st edition

Printing/Publishing
published by Goya, Madrid

Inscription
inscribed in plate above image u.r.c.: 16.
inscribed in plate below image l.l.-l.r.: Dios la perdone: Y era su madre.

Accession Number
P1.16-1976

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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