No saben el camino (They Do Not Know the Way)

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No saben el camino (They Do Not Know the Way)
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No saben el camino (They Do Not Know the Way)

PortfolioPlate 70 from the series "Los Desastres de la Guerra (Disasters of War)"
Date1810-1814, published 1863
MediumEtching and aquatint
DimensionsSheet: 243 × 327 mm. (9 9/16 × 12 7/8 in.)
Plate: 173 × 210 mm. (6 13/16 × 8 1/4 in.)
Credit LineBoard of Trustees Fund
Object number1955.108
NOT ON VIEW
Last Updated1/11/24
Image Not Available for Preparing for the baccalaureate. - There are two ways in which you might pass your exams: the first way is to let someone else take your place; the second is to take them yourself. - I would like to take them myself. - Very good!... Do you know Greek? - No. - Latin? - None the more. - Excellent!... Do you know your Math? - Not at all. - What do you know then? - Nothing. - But you've 200 francs? - Of course! - Splendid... You'll be passed next Thursday. - You mean you're going to prepare me in eight days? - What do you think!!!!... It's true that I've taken on the responsibility for your success, but for teaching you... Oh no! Certainly not!!
Preparing for the baccalaureate. - There are two ways in which you might pass your exams: the first way is to let someone else take your place; the second is to take them yourself. - I would like to take them myself. - Very good!... Do you know Greek? - No. - Latin? - None the more. - Excellent!... Do you know your Math? - Not at all.
- What do you know then? - Nothing. - But you've 200 francs? - Of course! - Splendid... You'll be passed next Thursday. - You mean you're going to prepare me in eight days? - What do you think!!!!... It's true that I've taken on the responsibility for your success, but for teaching you... Oh no! Certainly not!!
1837
Image Not Available for Mariano Ceballos, alias el Indio, mata el toro desde du caballo (Mariano Ceballos, alias the Indian, kills the bull from his horse)
Mariano Ceballos, alias el Indio, mata el toro desde du caballo (Mariano Ceballos, alias the Indian, kills the bull from his horse)
1816
Image Not Available for El de la Rollona (Nanny's Boy)
El de la Rollona (Nanny's Boy)
1799
Image Not Available for El Cid campeador lanceando otro toro (The Cid Campeador Spearing Another Bull)
El Cid campeador lanceando otro toro (The Cid Campeador Spearing Another Bull)
1816
Image Not Available for Desgracias acaecidas en el tendido de la plaza de Madrid, y muerte desl alcalde de torrejon (Dreadful events in the front rows of the ring at Madrid and death of the mayor of Torrejon)
Desgracias acaecidas en el tendido de la plaza de Madrid, y muerte desl alcalde de torrejon (Dreadful events in the front rows of the ring at Madrid and death of the mayor of Torrejon)
1816
Image Not Available for El Celebre Fernando deo toro, barilarguero, obligando a la fiera con su garrocha (The celebrated picador, Fernando del Toro, draw the fierce beast on with his pique)
El Celebre Fernando deo toro, barilarguero, obligando a la fiera con su garrocha (The celebrated picador, Fernando del Toro, draw the fierce beast on with his pique)
1816
Image Not Available for El Cid campeador lanceando otro toro (The Cid Campeador spearing another bull)
El Cid campeador lanceando otro toro (The Cid Campeador spearing another bull)
1816
Image Not Available for Mr. Prudhomme: - Obnoxious waves.... don't you know whom you are carrying in this moment?... oh audacious... know I shall, like Xerxes, whip you terribly. Mme Prudhomme: (shivering of fear) - Pray, my dear friend, do not offend the sea any longer... you might wake its fury and it might devour us completely!
Mr. Prudhomme: - Obnoxious waves.... don't you know whom you are carrying in this moment?... oh audacious... know I shall, like Xerxes, whip you terribly. Mme Prudhomme: (shivering of fear) - Pray, my dear friend, do not offend the sea any longer... you might wake its fury and it might devour us completely!
1859
Image Not Available for Le Descanona (She knows how to pluck her goose)
Le Descanona (She knows how to pluck her goose)
1799, printed later
Image Not Available for El sueño de la razon produce monstrous (The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters)
El sueño de la razon produce monstrous (The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters)
1799
Image Not Available for Las Rinde el Sueño (Sleep overcomes them)
Las Rinde el Sueño (Sleep overcomes them)
1799, printed later
Image Not Available for El Sueño de la razon produce monstruos (The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters)
El Sueño de la razon produce monstruos (The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters)
1799, printed later