Francisco Goya — Quien Se Pondrá el Cascabel al Gato?, from: Los Proverbios (D. 222; H. 268)

Quien Se Pondrá el Cascabel al Gato?, from: Los Proverbios (D. 222; H. 268)

$500
Francisco de Goya y Lucientes Quien Se Pondrá el Cascabel al Gato?, from: Los Proverbios (D. 222; H. 268) etching with burnished aquatint and drypoint, circa 1824, on tissue-thin laid Japan paper, a fine though posthumous proof impression, before the edition with text published in L'Art under the title Otras Leyes por el Pueblo, with margins, pale light-staining, some minor foxing at the right sheet edge, an unobtrusive paper flaw in the centre of the lower margin, generally in good condition, framed; with Plate D from the Tauromaquia (H. 240) by the same hand, on fine laid paper, without watermark, trimmed inside the platemark but retaining a 5-8 mm. margin outside the borderline, framed P. 242 x 355 mm., S. 278 x 386 mm. S. 217 x 339 mm. (2)