Well-known folly

Well-known folly
(Disparate conocido)
 (c. 1815-1819)
additonal plate from Los Disparates (The Follies) series, (c. 1815-19), published 1877

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
etching and burnished aquatint on Japanese paper
Measurements
21.8 × 32.9 cm (image) 24.8 × 35.6 cm (plate) 28.5 × 39.0 cm (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
Madrid, Spain
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Gassier & Wilson 1601; Harris 266.II
Edition
trial proof before letters
Printing/Publishing
printed by Francois Liénard, Paris published by L'Art, Paris
Accession Number
P1-1983
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1982
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Allegory and Symbols Human Figures Humour and Satire
Subjects (specific)
fear groups of people men (male humans) satire (artistic device) scarecrows swords
Movements
Romanticism (modern European styles)

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