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Who Will Bell the Cat?
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Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes and François Liénard

Who Will Bell the Cat?

1814-1823

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Who Will Bell the Cat?

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes and François Liénard

Who Will Bell the Cat?

Who Will Bell the Cat?

1814-1823

Physical Qualities Etching and aquatint, 215 × 150 mm. (8 7/16 × 5 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of David and Harriet Schapiro, Baltimore
Object Number 2002.331
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2002; David S. Schapiro, Baltimore

Signed: 1

Inscribed: RECTO: in matrix: LL: 'Goya inv.et.sc./ L'Art.'; LWRC: 'OSTRAS LEYES POR EL PUEBLO>/ (Autres lois pour le peuple)'; LR: 'Fcois Lienard.Imp.Paris'; VERSO: [record when unframed]

Markings: none - none

Artist

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

1745–1827

Spanish, 1746-1828
Meet Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

Printer

François Liénard

1849–1888

French, active 1850-1880s
Meet François Liénard
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1860–2000
WHO WILL ACCEPT OUR OFFERING AT THIS END OF AUTUMN?
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1961–1965
THE CUSTODY IS AS BARBAROUS AS THE CRIME
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
Un prisionero
1819
EH! MY GLASS....IF I DON'T HAVE MY GLASS I WILL TELL MOTHER THAT YOUR WERE DRINKING AGAIN WITH THE SCOUNDREL WHOM SHE'S FORBIDDEN YOUR HANGING AROUND.
Honoré Daumier
Eh! My glass....if I don't have my glass I will tell mother that your were drinking again with the scoundrel whom she's forbidden your hanging around.
1850–1851
MAY GOD REPAY YOU
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
Dios se lo pague a usted
1803
A FIXED-PRICE DINNER. HERE'S A RESTAURANT OWNER WHO DOES THINGS THE BIG WAY..... FOR OUR 32 SOUS, HE PROVIDED US WITH A STOMACH ACHE THAT WILL COST TWENTY FRANCS PER PERSON TO CURE!
Honoré Daumier
A fixed-price dinner. Here's a restaurant owner who does things the big way..... for our 32 sous, he provided us with a stomach ache that will cost twenty francs per person to cure!
1843
THE SCARE-CROWS
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
The Scare-Crows
1814–1822
WHO WILL ACCEPT OUR OFFERING AT THIS END OF AUTUMN?
Grace Hartigan and Universal Limited Art Editions
Who Will Accept Our Offering At This End of Autumn?
1961–1965
Una Reina del Circo
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
Una Reina del Circo
1814–1823
The Hunchback with the Bells
Alphonse Adolphe Gery-Bichard
The Hunchback with the Bells
19th century
THE ELEPHANT - OTRAS LEYES POR EL PUEBLO
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
The Elephant - Otras Leyes por el Pueblo
1813–1824
WILLY
Doron Langberg
Willy
2020