About This Artwork

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
Spanish, 1746-1828

And they are like wild beasts, plate five from The Disasters of War, c. 1812/15, published 1863

Etching, burnished aquatint, and drypoint on ivory wove paper with gilt edges
134 x 183 mm (image); 155 x 208 mm (plate); 240 x 338 mm (sheet)
Gift of J. C. Cebrian, 1920.1310

Harris 125 III/III (1st edition); Delteil 124 IV/IV; Gassier and Wilson III.998; Pérez Sánchez & Gállego 5