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Maker(s):Goya, Francisco de
Culture:Spanish (1746-1828)
Title:Cruel lástima! [A cruel shame!], Plate 48 from the series Los Desastres de la Guerra [The Disasters of War]
Date Made:Plate 1810-1820
Type:Print
Materials:Etching, drypoint
Place Made:Spain
Measurements:Frame: 14 in x 16 in; 35.56 cm x 40.64 cm; Image: 5 3/16 in x 7 3/16 in; 13.17625 cm x 18.25625 cm
Narrative Inscription:  TITLE: recto, lwr. ctr. (engraving): Cruel lástima! ; SERIES NUMBER: recto, upp. L. cor. (engraving): 48 ; INSCRIPTION: recto, lwr. L. cor. (engraving): 47 (?)
Accession Number:  MH 2011.L1.7
Credit Line:Anonymous Loan
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
In the center, an emaciated man stands facing proper left, leaning against some solid object (a wall?), and holds an empty dish (hat?) in his outstretched left hand. At his feet, a woman sits looking proper left and holds a child on her lap. In the foreground, bodies lie scattered on the ground; three adults lying parallel to the picture plane and an infant lying perpendicular to it.

Subjects:
Etching; drypoints (prints)

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