Obsequio á el maestro - Goya Capricho 47 - Original Etching, 1881-1886
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Obsequio á el maestro - Goya Capricho 47 - Original Etching, 1881-1886

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Original etching by Francisco de Goya, Capricho no. 47, «Obsequio á el maestro» (A gift for the master), from the fifth edition printed at the Calcografía Nacional between 1881 and 1886. An impression of good contrast, with the engraved caption complete.

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Original etching by Francisco de Goya, Capricho no. 47, «Obsequio á el maestro» (A gift for the master), from the fifth edition printed at the Calcografía Nacional between 1881 and 1886. An impression of good contrast, 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 47, 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, some of it close to the upper edge of the plate mark, visible in the photograph. Margins complete.

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