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Maker(s):Goya y Lucientes, Francisco José de
Culture:Spanish (1746 - 1828)
Title:¡Qual la descañonan! (How they pluck her!), Plate 21, Los Caprichos (Caprices)
Date Made:1799
Type:Print
Materials:etching and burnished aquatint printed in black on laid paper
Place Made:Spain
Measurements:sheet: 29.845 cm x 20.955 cm; 11 3/4 in x 8 1/4 in; plate: 21.59 cm x 14.605 cm; 8 1/2 in x 5 3/4 in; image: 20.0025 cm x 12.3825 cm; 7 7/8 in x 4 7/8 in
Accession Number:  SC 1964.34.21
Credit Line:Purchased with the gift of Albert H. Gordon
Museum Collection:  Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
Spanish satirical print; satire; social satire; fantastic imagery; violence scene; two men with lion's heads and paws hold the wings of a small woman-headed bird; man on the left bites into the wing while the man on the right watches; third lion-headed man, wearing judge's robes behind them

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