Original etching and aquatint by Francisco de Goya, "Muchachos al avío" (Lads making ready), no. 11 of Los Caprichos: a group of smugglers or bandits resting and eating at the foot of a broken tree, a wayside scene Goya charges with irony.
Original etching and aquatint by Francisco de Goya, "Muchachos al avío" (Lads making ready), no. 11 of Los Caprichos: a group of smugglers or bandits resting and eating at the foot of a broken tree, a wayside scene Goya charges with irony.
An impression from the fifth edition of Los Caprichos, printed between 1881 and 1886 by the Calcografía Nacional for the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando in an edition of 210 copies, on thick wove paper without watermark and from the beveled copper. The album was bound along the upper edge of the sheets.
Medium: Etching and aquatint, with touches of drypoint and burin.
Artist / after: Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (Fuendetodos, 1746 - Bordeaux, 1828).
Date: Fifth edition, 1881-1886 (the image engraved 1797-1799).
Source: Los Caprichos, Calcografía Nacional, Madrid; edition of 210 copies.
Dimensions: Plate mark 6.0 x 8.7 in (15.2 x 22 cm); sheet 10.2 x 14.9 in (26 x 37.8 cm).
Condition: Pale foxing through the margins of the sheet, visible in the photograph; the impression itself is clean and well printed, with the bevel showing.