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Little Bulls' Folly, from "The Disparates" (Disparates, Plate D)

Publisher François Liénard French
ca. 1815–19 (published 1877)
Not on view
One of the four additonal plates prepared for the set but not included in the posthumous first edition published by the Academia de San Fernando in Madrid in 1864 under the title 'Los Proverbios',

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Little Bulls' Folly, from "The Disparates" (Disparates, Plate D)
  • Series/Portfolio: Disparates
  • Artist: Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes) (Spanish, Fuendetodos 1746–1828 Bordeaux)
  • Publisher: François Liénard
  • Date: ca. 1815–19 (published 1877)
  • Medium: Etching, aquatint, drypoint
  • Dimensions: Plate: 9 5/8 × 13 3/4 in. (24.5 × 35 cm)
    Sheet: 11 5/8 × 17 1/16 in. (29.5 × 43.3 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Grace M. Pugh, 1985
  • Object Number: 1986.1180.900
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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