She prays for her (Ruega pro ella)

Accession Number
2008/1.152.31

Title
She prays for her (Ruega pro ella)

Artist(s)
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

Object Creation Date
1799

Medium & Support
etching, burnished aquatint, drypoint and burin on paper

Dimensions
12 in x 8 in (30.48 cm x 20.32 cm);7 7/8 in x 5 3/16 in (20 cm x 13.18 cm);8 1/16 in x 5 7/8 in (20.48 cm x 14.92 cm)

Credit Line
Gift of Kurt Delbanco in honor of Nicholas Delbanco, and partial purchase with the funds from the W. Hawkins Ferry Fund

Label copy
Plate 31
She prays for her.
(Ruega por ella.)
Etching, burnished aquatint, drypoint, and burin
Gift of Kurt Delbanco in honor of Nicholas Delbanco, and partial purchase with funds from the W. Hawkins Ferry Fund, 2008/1.152.31
Commentary: And she does well to do so, that God may send her luck and keep her from harm and from surgeons and policemen and make her as dexterous and wide awake and willing as her mother who is in heaven.

Primary Object Classification
Print

Primary Object Type
intaglio print

Collection Area
Western

Rights
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