Tale-bearers - Blasts of wind (Soplones) Plate 48 from: Los Caprichos

FRANCISCO DE GOYA Y LUCIENTES (1746-1828) Tale-bearers - Blasts of wind (Soplones) Plate 48 from: Los Caprichos etching with burnished aquatint, drypoint and engraving, on laid paper, a very good impression from the First Edition, published by the artist, Madrid, 1799, with bright, sharply-defined highlights, the delicate burnishing in the sky still visible, framed Plate: 8 x 5 7/8 in. (203 x 149 mm.) Sheet: 11 ¾ x 8 in. (298 x 203 mm.)