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That certainly is being able to read (Esto si que es leer), Plate 29 from Los Caprichos

Maker (Spanish, 1746-1828)
Additional Title(s)
  • Los Caprichos
ClassificationsPRINTS
Date1797-1798
Mediumetching, burnished aquatint, drypoint
Dimensions8 1/2 x 6 in. (21.6 x 15.2 cm.)
DescriptionAn album containing eighty etching and aquatint prints.
InscribedPl. 29; Esto si que es leer
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Edward W. and Julia B. Bodman Collection
Status
Not on view
Object number72.62.229.29
It is time (Ya es hora), Plate 80 from Los Caprichos
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
1797-1798
Object number: 72.62.229.80
What a tailor can do! (Lo que puede un Sastre!), Plate 52 from Los Caprichos
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
1797-1798
Object number: 72.62.229.52
Of what ill will he die? (De que mal morira?), Plate 40 from Los Caprichos
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
1797-1798
Object number: 72.62.229.40
Wait till you've been anointed (Aguarda que te unten), Plate 67 from Los Caprichos
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
1797-1798
Object number: 72.62.229.67
Look how solemn they are! (Miren que grabes!), Plate 63 from Los Caprichos
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
1797-1798
Object number: 72.62.229.63
What a sacrifice! (Que sacrificio!), Plate 14 from Los Caprichos
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
1797-1798
Object number: 72.62.229.14
It is better to be lazy (Mejor es holgar), Plate 73 from Los Caprichos
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
1797-1798
Object number: 72.62.229.73
When day breaks we will be off (Si amanece; nos Vamos), Plate 71 from Los Caprichos
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
1797-1798
Object number: 72.62.229.71
If he broke the pot (Si quebró el Cantaro), Plate 25 from Los Caprichos
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
1797-1798
Object number: 72.62.229.25
Might not the pupil know more? (Si Sabrá mas el discipulo?), Plate 37 from Los Caprichos
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
1797-1798
Object number: 72.62.229.37