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Asta su Abuelo (And so was His Grandfather)
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Asta su Abuelo (And so was His Grandfather)

PortfolioPlate 39 from the series "Los Caprichos"
Date1799, printed later
MediumEtching and aquatint
DimensionsSheet: 312 x 212 mm. (12 5/16 x 8 3/8 in.)
Plate: 215 x 150 mm. (8 7/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Matthew H. Hirsh, Baltimore
Object number1988.1375
NOT ON VIEW
Last Updated1/11/24
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 Dios la perdone: Y era su madre (God forgive her, and it was her mother)
Dios la perdone: Y era su madre (God forgive her, and it was her mother)
1799
Image Not Available for Dios la Perdone: Y era su madre (God forgive her - it was her Mother)
Dios la Perdone: Y era su madre (God forgive her - it was her Mother)
1799, printed after 1856
Image Not Available for Los moros hacen otro capeo en plaza con su alborez (The Moors make a different play in the ring calling the bull with their burnous)
Los moros hacen otro capeo en plaza con su alborez (The Moors make a different play in the ring calling the bull with their burnous)
1816, printed 1855 or later
Image Not Available for This is a so called merchant, victim of his victims, crazy, squanderer and intriguing. He pays 1% to his creditors for 10 years, forgets about the past, does not care about the future, struts about the Bois de Boulogne with his yellow gloves, strolls along the boulevard des Italiens and theatre lobbies. He talks of honour and decency and calls his creditors thieves. He loves the pose of the political, industrial and moral victim and splashes the whole world.
This is a so called merchant, victim of his victims, crazy, squanderer and intriguing. He pays 1% to his creditors for 10 years, forgets about the past, does not care about the future, struts about the Bois de Boulogne with his yellow gloves, strolls along the boulevard des Italiens and theatre lobbies. He talks of honour and decency and calls his creditors thieves. He loves the pose of the political, industrial and moral victim and splashes the whole world.
1840
Image Not Available for This morning before dawn / A God came to wake me up / The curtains they were drawn / And my snoring had to stop / It is your daddy's birthday, / A time for gifts and flowers / To be placed on his head so gray / Instead of his morning showers.
This morning before dawn / A God came to wake me up / The curtains they were drawn / And my snoring had to stop / It is your daddy's birthday, / A time for gifts and flowers / To be placed on his head so gray / Instead of his morning showers.
1839
Image Not Available for The Passport. The foreigner who visits China is subject to an indispensable formality. He receives a scrap of paper on which he writes the age he wishes to reveal, the profession that he is said to perform and the place that he wishes to give as his birthplace. All this is followed by a description which is so indistinct that it applies to everybody. After which, by means of two Francs, the Chinese Government is deemed to guarantee him aid and assistance for one year
The Passport. The foreigner who visits China is subject to an indispensable formality. He receives a scrap of paper on which he writes the age he wishes to reveal, the profession that he is said to perform and the place that he wishes to give as his birthplace. All this is followed by a description which is so indistinct that it applies to everybody. After which, by means of two Francs, the Chinese Government is deemed to guarantee him aid and assistance for one year
1844
Image Not Available for Now I understand why this chap was so quiet all the time..... instead of reading quietly in his Greek dictionary, he was indulging in a novel by de Kock.... Oh my God.... where is this all going to end!!
Now I understand why this chap was so quiet all the time..... instead of reading quietly in his Greek dictionary, he was indulging in a novel by de Kock.... Oh my God.... where is this all going to end!!
1846
Image Not Available for Yes my uncle, my virtuous uncle, I was a spendthrift, gambler, seducer, I had many faults, in a word I was frivolous... but you're ill, very ill, the doctors have abandoned you... I've come to aid you, to fall at your feet, I'll swear... anything you like... I'll only leave you at death, my kind uncle, my so excellent uncle! Let's embrace and put an end to it. (Macaire, sole inheritor, has his dear uncle thrown into a common pit).
Yes my uncle, my virtuous uncle, I was a spendthrift, gambler, seducer, I had many faults, in a word I was frivolous... but you're ill, very ill, the doctors have abandoned you... I've come to aid you, to fall at your feet, I'll swear... anything you like... I'll only leave you at death, my kind uncle, my so excellent uncle! Let's embrace and put an end to it. (Macaire, sole inheritor, has his dear uncle thrown into a common pit).
1837
Image Not Available for Robert Macaire's boarding school. - Professor, here's my system of education. Have an undemanding curriculum so that study lasts as long as possible, give holidays, receive presents at every possible anniversary, and as for the prices, one should be perfectly impartial... - Quite right! They should only be given to the best pupils. - What! Upset the parents! Oh no! Not at all! Prizes shall be given to everybody. To every man his due!
Robert Macaire's boarding school. - Professor, here's my system of education. Have an undemanding curriculum so that study lasts as long as possible, give holidays, receive presents at every possible anniversary, and as for the prices, one should be perfectly impartial... - Quite right! They should only be given to the best pupils. - What! Upset the parents! Oh no! Not at all! Prizes shall be given to everybody. To every man his due!
1837
Image Not Available for Flora con Zeffiro di sotto in sù (Flora Strewing Flowers)
Flora con Zeffiro di sotto in sù (Flora Strewing Flowers)
1762
Image Not Available for She who is ill wed never misses a chance to say so
She who is ill wed never misses a chance to say so
1815-1824, printed 1864