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There they go plucked (i.e. fleeced) (Ya van desplumados)

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

Artwork Details

There they go plucked (i.e. fleeced) (Ya van desplumados)
1799
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
etching, burnished aquatint and drypoint on paper
12 x 8 in. (30.48 x 20.32 cm);7 5/8 x 5 1/8 in. (19.37 x 13.02 cm);7 5/8 x 5 15/16 in. (19.37 x 15.08 cm);19 x 14 in. (48.26 x 35.56 cm)
Gift of Kurt Delbanco in honor of Nicholas Delbanco, and partial purchase with the funds from the W. Hawkins Ferry Fund
2008/1.152.20

Description

Plate 20
There they go plucked (i.e. fleeced).
(Ya van desplumados.)
Etching, burnished aquatint, and drypoint
Gift of Kurt Delbanco in honor of Nicholas Delbanco, and partial purchase with funds from the W. Hawkins Ferry Fund, 2008/1.152.20
Commentary: If they have already been plucked, get them out: there will be others coming along.

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