About This Artwork

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
Spanish, 1746-1828

It always happens, plate eight from The Disasters of War, c. 1814/20, published 1863

Etching and drypoint on ivory wove paper with gilt edges
147 x 194 mm (image); 175 x 217 mm (plate); 240 x 339 mm (sheet)
Gift of J. C. Cebrian, 1920.1313

Harris 128 III/III (1st edition); Delteil 127; Gassier and Wilson III.1003; Pérez Sánchez & Gállego 8