Tragata perro (Swallow that, dog) - Plate 58 from "Los Caprichos" by Francisco Goya

Tragata perro (Swallow that, dog) - Plate 58 from Los Caprichos by Francisco Goya

Tragata perro (Swallow that, dog) - Plate 58 from "Los Caprichos"

Francisco Goya

Title

Tragata perro (Swallow that, dog) - Plate 58 from "Los Caprichos"

 
Artist

Francisco Goya

  1746 - 1828 (biography)
Year
1797 - 1799 (printed later) 
Technique
etching and aquatint 
Image Size
8 9/16 x 6" platemark 
Signature
unsigned, as usual 
Edition Size
from between fourth and sixth editions 
Annotations
title engraved in script below image 
Reference
H 93, 133; D 95; G&W 567 
Paper
antique-white wove 
State
published 
Publisher
Real Academia or Ministerio de Instruccion Publica 
Inventory ID
17304 
Price
SOLD
Description
Only two of Goya's four major series were published before he died. One of these, Los Caprichos, was executed between the years 1797 - 1799, and the chronological order of the prints remains unknown. "Living among people is full of annoyances. Whoever wants to avoid them should go into the wilderness. There he will find that lonliness is a greater annoyance." -Attributed to the translations by Tomas Harris.