Despacha, que dispiertan - Goya Capricho 78 - Etching, 1881-1886
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Original etching by Francisco de Goya, Capricho no. 78, «Despacha, que dispiertan» (Be quick, they are waking up), from the fifth edition printed at the Calcografía Nacional between 1881 and 1886. A crisp impression, of very free line, with the engraved caption complete.
Original etching by Francisco de Goya, Capricho no. 78, «Despacha, que dispiertan» (Be quick, they are waking up), from the fifth edition printed at the Calcografía Nacional between 1881 and 1886. A crisp impression, of very free 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 78, 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: Good general condition. Foxing scattered through the margins, above all the right and the lower ones, visible in the photograph. The image within the plate mark is clean and the margins are complete.
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Original etching by Francisco de Goya, Capricho no. 78, «Despacha, que dispiertan» (Be quick, they are waking up), from the fifth edition printed at the Calcografía Nacional between 1881 and 1886. A crisp impression, of very free line, with the engraved caption complete.