Accession Number
2008/1.152.58

Title
Swallow it, dog. (Tragala perro.)

Artist(s)
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

Object Creation Date
1799

Medium & Support
etching, burnished aquatint and drypoint on paper

Dimensions
12 in x 8 in (30.48 cm x 20.32 cm);8 1/8 in x 4 7/8 in (20.64 cm x 12.38 cm);8 1/2 in x 5 7/8 in (21.59 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 58
Swallow it, dog.
(Tragala perro.)
Etching, burnished aquatint, and drypoint
Gift of Kurt Delbanco in honor of Nicholas Delbanco, and partial purchase with funds from the W. Hawkins Ferry Fund, 2008/1.152.58
Commentary: He who lives amongst men will be irremediably vexed. If he wants to avoid it he will have to go and live in the mountains, but when he is there he will discover that to live alone is vexatious.

Primary Object Classification
Print

Primary Object Type
intaglio print

Collection Area
Western

Rights
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