They Spruce Themselves Up | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: G8480
People: Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, Spanish (Fuendetodos 1746 - 1828 Bordeaux)
Title: They Spruce Themselves Up
Other Titles: Series/Book Title: Los Caprichos, 51
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 18th-19th century
Culture: Spanish
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/278051

Physical Descriptions

Technique: Etching and aquatint
Dimensions: Platemark: 21.4 x 15 cm (8 7/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
Sheet: 35.3 x 25.9 cm (13 7/8 x 10 3/16 in.)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State: iii
Standard Reference Number: Del. 88; H. 86, III, 10

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gray Collection of Engravings Fund
Object Number: G8480
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Janis A. Tomlinson, Graphic Evolutions: The Print Series of Francisco Goya, exh. cat., Columbia University Press (New York, 1989), repr. as fig. 12 on p. 22, Los Caprichos pl. 51 [not Harvard impression, related bibliography]
Alfonso E. Pérez Sánchez and Julián Gállego, Goya: The Complete Etchings and Lithographs, Prestel (New York, 1995), p.61 [not Harvard impression, related bibliography]

Exhibition History

DISSENT!, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 11/11/2006 - 02/25/2007

Verification Level

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