A Maja with light Background (Delteil 29; Harris 31)

Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828) A Maja with light Background (Delteil 29; Harris 31) etching, 1824-28, on heavy laid paper watermarked Guarro, a good impression from the small edition printed at the Calcografia for John Savile Lumley, 1859, with wide margins, a deckle edge below, a printer's crease at right just extending into the subject, two small, pale stains in the right margin, some skinned patches at the right sheet edge verso where previously hinged, otherwise in good condition P. 190 x 123 mm., S. 255 x 183 mm.