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Lot 14
  • 14

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Francisco de Goya
  • Los Caprichos (D. 38-117; H. 36-115)
  • Etchings
  • Each sheet circa: 310 by 220mm; 12¼ by 8 5/8 in
Etchings with aquatint, drypoint and engraving, 1799, the complete set of 80 plates, good impressions, from the fifth edition of 1881-86, published by the Real Academia, Madrid, on wove paper, in original cream pasteboard covers with the Self-Portrait (H. 36) on the front

Condition

With margins, in good condition apart fom plate 13 (H. 48) with scattered pale brown ink (?) stains in the right margin and at lower part of sheet; a pale water stain at upper right edge of sheets, occasional soft creasing to the margins, fox marks and handling marks, very pale paper discoloration at extreme edges of sheets; water stains on the front board, with some wear and rubbing (mainly at edges), the remains of an inscription 'No. 40' in red crayon at lower right corner of front board, the spine partially split at top and bottom edges, the spine of the boards detached from the binding of the sheets, unframed.
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