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The sleep of reason produces monsters

The sleep of reason produces monsters
(El sueño de la razón produce monstruos)
(1797-1798)
plate 43 from Los Caprichos (The Caprices) series (1797–98), published 1799

Medium
etching and aquatint printed in sepia ink

Measurements
18.3 × 12.2 cm (image) 21.5 × 15.1 cm (plate) 24.2 × 16.7 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 78.III.1

Edition
1st edition

Printing/Publishing
published by Goya, Madrid

Inscription
inscribed in plate above image u.r.c.: 43.
inscribed in plate in stop-out varnish l.l.: el sueño / de la razon / produce / monstros.

Accession Number
P1.43-1976

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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