Goya - Por que fue sensible - Capricho No. 32 - Etching, 5th Edition

Etching and burnished aquatint by Francisco de Goya, print No. 32 of the Caprichos: Por que fue sensible, with the young woman seated on the floor of a cell, her head bowed, the only light coming through a small barred window. The number 32 is engraved in the copper at the upper right.

This impression belongs to the fifth edition of the series, printed by the Calcografia Nacional between 1881 and 1886 on thick paper without watermark. Copies of this printing were bound along the upper margin of the sheets, as the edge of this one shows.

Medium: Etching and burnished aquatint.
Artist / after: Francisco de Goya y Lucientes.
Date: The series was etched in 1797-1798; this impression is of 1881-1886.
Source: Los Caprichos, print No. 32; fifth edition, Calcografia Nacional.
Dimensions: Plate mark 6.1 x 8.7 in (15.5 x 22 cm); sheet 10.2 x 14.9 in (26 x 37.8 cm).
Condition: Abundant foxing throughout the sheet, clearly visible in the photograph, and an uneven upper edge from the old binding; the image clean and well printed.