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Los Caprichos
Printmaker: Goya y Lucientes, Francisco José de
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History note: Enriqueta Harris collection
History note: Tomas Harris collection
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
Height: 308 mm
Width: 205 mm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1986) by Artemis Fine Arts Limited
Production date: AD 1799
80 plates and 6 pages of manuscript notes, bound in early 19th century (German binding ?)
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)
Support composed of paper
Inscription present: collector's stamp, at the verso of each plate and manuscript page
Accession number: P.1-1986
Primary reference Number: 2871
Harris (Goya): III. 1
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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