About This Artwork

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
Spanish, 1746-1828

Appeals are in vain, plate 54 from The Disasters of War, c. 1812/15, published 1863

Etching, lavis, burin and burnishing on ivory wove paper with gilt edges
127 x 177 mm (image); 155 x 205 mm (plate); 240 x 340 mm (sheet)
Gift of J. C. Cebrian, 1920.1359

Harris 174 III/III (1st edition); Delteil 173; Gassier and Wilson III.1082; Pérez Sánchez & Gállego 54