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It is better to be lazy (Mejor es holgar), Plate 73 from Los Caprichos

Maker (Spanish, 1746-1828)
Additional Title(s)
  • Los Caprichos
ClassificationsPRINTS
Date1797-1798
Mediumetching, burnished aquatint, burin
Dimensions8 1/2 x 6 in. (21.6 x 15.2 cm.)
DescriptionAn album containing eighty etching and aquatint prints.
InscribedPl. 73; Mejor es holgar
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Edward W. and Julia B. Bodman Collection
Status
Not on view
Object number72.62.229.73
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
That certainly is being able to read (Esto si que es leer), Plate 29 from Los Caprichos
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
1797-1798
Object number: 72.62.229.29
The Chinchillas (Los Chinchillas), Plate 50 from Los Caprichos
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
1797-1798
Object number: 72.62.229.50
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
Who would have thought it? (Quien lo creyera!), Plate 62 from Los Caprichos
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
1797-1798
Object number: 72.62.229.62
What one does to another (Unos á otros), Plate 77 from Los Caprichos
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
1797-1798
Object number: 72.62.229.77
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
Blow (Sopla), Plate 69 from Los Caprichos
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
1797-1798
Object number: 72.62.229.69
Hush (Chiton), Plate 28 from Los Caprichos
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
1797-1798
Object number: 72.62.229.28
To the Count Palatine (Al Conde Palatino), Plate 33 from Los Caprichos
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
1797-1798
Object number: 72.62.229.33
She prays for her (Ruega por ella), Plate 31 from Los Caprichos
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
1797-1798
Object number: 72.62.229.31
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