Que se rompe la cuerda (May the Cord Break), plate 77 from the series "Desastres de la Guerra (Disasters of War)"

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Que se rompe la cuerda (May the Cord Break), plate 77 from the series "Desastres de la Guerra (Disasters of War)"
Que se rompe la cuerda (May the Cord Break), plate 77 from the series "Desastres de la Guerra (Disasters of War)"
Artist/Maker (Francisco Goya, Spanish, 1746 - 1828)
Date1810-20, printed 1906
MediumEtching and aquatint on paper
DimensionsImage: 6 × 7 5/8 in. (15.2 × 19.4 cm) Plate: 6 11/16 × 8 1/2 in. (17 × 21.6 cm) Sheet: 10 1/8 × 13 9/16 in. (25.7 × 34.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Arthur S. Thompson, Class of 1940
Object number1997.6.2
Not on view

Additional Details

Provenance 1997: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by gift of Arthur S. Thompson.
Markings Marks: none noted.
Signature Not signed.
Inscribed "Que se rompe la cuerda." at lower center in plate; "TT" at upper left in plate; "D136" at lower left in pencil; "102-35-17" at lower center in pencil.
Photograph by John Bentham.
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