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Maker(s):Goya y Lucientes, Francisco José de
Culture:Spanish (1746 - 1828)
Title:Lo que puede un Sastre! (What a tailor can do!), Plate 52 from Los Caprichos (Caprices)
Date Made:1799
Type:Print
Materials:etching, burnished aquatint, drypoint and burin printed in black on laid paper
Place Made:Spain
Measurements:sheet: 30.1625 cm x 20.955 cm; 11 7/8 in x 8 1/4 in; plate: 21.59 cm x 14.9225 cm; 8 1/2 in x 5 7/8 in; image: 19.685 cm x 12.3825 cm; 7 3/4 in x 4 7/8 in
Accession Number:  SC 1964.34.52
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; fantastic imagery; nightmare; satirical comment; strange creatures of the night; woman kneels down , her hands clasped in prayer in front of a tree in a friar's habit; people and flying naked figures/monsters behind them; pueblo; witches; mocks popular belief, miracles and witchcraft; tree in a costume

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