About This Artwork

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
Spanish, 1746-1828

Bitter to be present, plate 13 from The Disasters of War, c. 1810/11, published 1863

Etching, lavis, drypoint, burin, and burnishing on ivory wove paper with gilt edges
130 x 160 mm (image); 141 x 170 mm (plate); 240 x 340 mm (sheet)
Gift of J. C. Cebrian, 1920.1318

Harris 133 III/III (1st edition); Delteil 132; Gassier and Wilson III.1011; Pérez Sánchez & Gállego 13