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Otras Leyes por el Pueblo (Disparate de Bestia),

Alternative title(s): Who Will Bell the Cat?

From The Proverbs (Los Proverbios; Los Disparates) [published later, outside the set]

Etching, burnished aquatint, and possibly drypoint on fine laid paper

Third state

Print impression quality: Excellent

Dimensions (Plate): 242 x 355 mm (9.5 x 14 in.)

Edition: Prepared for Los Proverbios but unpublished until late 19th century; made by Francois Lienard for “L’Art,” 1877, Tome II

Accession number: 1973.1.2.3

Purchase funds, 1973

Bibliography: Tomás Harris 268 iii, giving plate dimensions of 245 x 350 mm.; Loys Delteil 222 ii.

Work Type: print

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