Title:
Los Caprichos
Maker:
Goya y Lucientes, Francisco José de; printmaker; Spanish artist, 1746-1828
Category:
Name:
print
Date:
1799
School/Style:
Spanish
Description:
Book
Production
Note(s):
First edition with manuscript explanations based on the Prado explanation sheets, with attempts to identify particular people, etc. , derived from the Alaya manuscript that was published by El Conde de la Vinanza, in "Goya, su tiempo, su vida y sus obras" (Madrid, 1887, pp. 327-359)
80 plates and 6 pages of manuscript notes, bound in early 19th century (German binding ?)
Technique(s):
etching
aquatint
Material(s):
black carbon ink; medium
sepia; medium
paper; support
Dimension(s):
height, 308, mm
width, 205, mm
Acquisition:
bought; 1986; Artemis Fine Arts Limited
Provenance(s):
Enriqueta Harris collection; Tomas Harris collection
Acquisition Credit:
From the Gow Fund with the aid of the Regional Fund administered by the Victoria & Albert Museum on behalf of the Museums and Galleries Commission
Inscription:
stamp; verso lower centre; black ink; Tomas Harris; collector's stamp, at the verso of each plate and manuscript page
Alternative
Number:
Harris (Goya); III. 1; 1964
Documentation:
Pérez Sánchez, Alfonso E.. Sayre, Eleanor A.. 1989. Goya and the Spirit of Enlightenment.Boston (Lincs): Museum of Fine Arts, Bostonp. civ
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P.8-2011; Dinos not Jake
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Accession:
Object Number: P.1-1986
(Paintings, Drawings and Prints)
(record id: 2871; input: 2000-03-10; modified: 2011-12-15)
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Resource:
Permanent
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