No hay quien nos desate? - Goya Capricho 75 - Etching, 1881-1886

Original etching by Francisco de Goya, Capricho no. 75, «¿No hay quien nos desate?» (Can no one untie us?), from the fifth edition printed at the Calcografía Nacional between 1881 and 1886. An impression of fine line, with the engraved caption complete.

The fifth edition of Los Caprichos was printed at the Calcografía Nacional between 1881 and 1886, on heavy paper without watermark, the impressions bound along their upper margin and with Goya's self-portrait on the cover. These are the features Tomás Harris describes in his catalog of the artist's engraved work.

Medium: Etching and burnished aquatint on heavy unwatermarked paper.
Artist / after: Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828).
Date: 1881-1886 (fifth edition; the series was first published in 1799).
Source: Los Caprichos, number 75, Calcografía Nacional, Madrid.
Dimensions: Plate mark 5.9 x 8.5 in (15 x 21.5 cm); sheet 10.2 x 14.4 in (26 x 36.5 cm).
Condition: Acceptable. A small cut in the upper left margin, outside the image, and foxing scattered through the margins, visible in the photograph. The image within the plate mark is clean.