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The custody is as barbarous as the crime

The custody is as barbarous as the crime
(Tan bárbara la seguridad como el delito)
(c. 1810-1824); published 1867
published posthumously in the Gazette des Beaux-Arts, Paris 1867

Medium
etching and burin

Measurements
10.8 × 8.5 cm (image) 28.0 × 20.5 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased through The Art Foundation of Victoria with the assistance of Mr Bret Walker SC, Member 1995

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Catalogue/s Raisonné
Harris 26.III.1

Edition
1st edition

Printing/Publishing
printed by Delâtre

Inscription
printed in ink below image l.l.: Gazette des Beaux-Arts
printed in ink below image l.r.: Imp Delâtre Paris
inscribed in pencil u.r.: 124
inscribed in pencil on reverse l.r.: 1867

Accession Number
1995.671

Department
International Prints and Drawings

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