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Additional authors

1. Avery, Samuel Putnam, 1822-1904.
2. S.P. Avery Collection.

Description

1. 1 v. (18 prints on wove paper) : etching, aquatint, drypoint, engraving, burnishing; 34.5 x 50.3 cm.

Summary

1. Bound volume of first edition of Los proverbios, a group of satirical prints. Subjects include carnivals, death, donkeys, flight, folly, giants, horses, marriage, monsters and soldiers.

Subject

1. Carnival in art
2. Death in art
3. Donkeys in art
4. Flight in art
5. Folly in art
6. Giants (Folklore) in art
7. Horses in art
8. Marriage in art
9. Monsters
10. Proverbs, Spanish
11. Puppets
12. Satire
13. Soldiers in art

Genre/Form

1. Book cover.
2. Title pages – Spanish – 19th century.
3. Aquatints – Spanish – 19th century.
4. Etchings – Spanish – 19th century.

Contents

1. D202. [Disparate femenino] (1st state) -- D203. [Disparate de miedo] (2nd state) -- D204. [Disparate ridiculo] (2nd state) -- D205. [Bobabilicon] (2nd state) -- D206. [Disparate volante] (1st state) --D207. [Disparate furioso] (2nd state) -- D208. [Disparate matrimonial] (2nd state) -- D209. [Les ensachés] (1st state) -- D210. [Disparate general] (1st state) -- D211. [La jeune femme emportée par un cheval qui se cabre] (2nd state) -- D212. [Disparate pobre] (2nd state) -- D213. [Trois majos et trois majas dansant] (1st state) -- D214. [Modo de volar] (2nd state) -- D215. [Disparate de carnabal] (1st state) -- D216. [Disparate claro] (2nd state) -- D217. [Les exhortations] (1st state) -- D218. [La lealtad] (1st state) -- D219. [La vieillard errant parmi les fantômes] (1st state)

Call number

1. MEZAC

Note

1. 1864 is the date of publication of the first edition. The plates were executed 1815-1824 according to Tomás Harris, Goya: engravings and lithographs.
2. Titles from Loys Delteil, Le peintre-graveur illustré, v. XIV and v. XV.
3. For some prints Loys Delteil uses the rebiting of the plate to distinguish states, although no rebiting ever occurred according to Tomás Harris, Goya: engravings and lithographs.
4. Included in this bound edition are a dated title page and an end sheet bearing an unidentified watermark.
5. The binding bears the bookplate of Samuel Putnam Avery.

Access (note)

1. Restricted access;

Cite as (note)

1. S. P. Avery Collection.

Indexes/finding aids (note)

1. Holdings checked in departmental copy of Loys Delteil, Le peintre-graveur illustré, v. XIV and v. XV.

Provenance (note)

1. Gift of Samuel Putnam Avery, 1900.

Linking entry (note)

1. Forms part of Samuel Putnam Avery Collection.

Author

1. Goya, Francisco, 1746-1828.

Title

1. Los proverbios. [graphic] / Goya.

Imprint

1. 1864.

Restricted access

1. Restricted access; Print Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Cite as:

1. S. P. Avery Collection.

Indexes

1. Holdings checked in departmental copy of Loys Delteil, Le peintre-graveur illustré, v. XIV and v. XV.

Linking entry

1. Forms part of Samuel Putnam Avery Collection.

Provenance

1. Gift of Samuel Putnam Avery, 1900.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Added author

1. Avery, Samuel Putnam, 1822-1904. Collector
2. S.P. Avery Collection.

Research call number

1. MEZAC