Francisco de Goya y Lucientes
Eterrar y callar ('Bury them and keep quiet') (D. 137; H. 138)
Francisco de Goya y Lucientes Eterrar y callar ('Bury them and keep quiet') (D. 137; H. 138) etching with drypoint and engraving, Harris's state I iii, an exceptionally rare working proof before letters and numbers (Harris records two other examples, both in public collections), a fine impression, on stout laid paper, with wide margins, the number 4 in pen and ink in the upper right corner, the artist's name and a price (5/-) in pencil in the lower margin, a crease across the lower left corner (just touching the corner of the subject), a soft vertical crease in the centre of the sheet, a small brown stain just above the head of the man lying to the left, pale scattered foxing, remains of old adhesive on the reverse at the upper sheet edge where previously mounted, minor soiling P. 162 x 233 mm., S. 222 x 317 mm.
Francisco de Goya y Lucientes
Eterrar y callar ('Bury them and keep quiet') (D. 137; H. 138)
Francisco de Goya y Lucientes Eterrar y callar ('Bury them and keep quiet') (D. 137; H. 138) etching with drypoint and engraving, Harris's state I iii, an exceptionally rare working proof before letters and numbers (Harris records two other examples, both in public collections), a fine impression, on stout laid paper, with wide margins, the number 4 in pen and ink in the upper right corner, the artist's name and a price (5/-) in pencil in the lower margin, a crease across the lower left corner (just touching the corner of the subject), a soft vertical crease in the centre of the sheet, a small brown stain just above the head of the man lying to the left, pale scattered foxing, remains of old adhesive on the reverse at the upper sheet edge where previously mounted, minor soiling P. 162 x 233 mm., S. 222 x 317 mm.
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