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Dios la perdone: Y era su madre. (For heaven’s sake: and it was her mother.),

Number 16 from Los Caprichos

Etching, aquatint, and drypoint

Print impression quality: Excellent

Dimensions (Plate): 196 x 148 mm (7.7 x 5.8 in.)

Edition: First edition, 1799; the false biting below the "e" in "madre" was effaced before the second edition, and is seen in this impression.

Accession number: 1946.D1.40.16

Gift of George W. Davison (B.A. Wesleyan 1892), 1946

Bibliography: Tomás Harris 51; Loys Delteil 53; D 53 iii

Work Type: print

Keywords: Click a term to find other records with the same keyword.

• maternity
• satire

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