And his house is on fire
(Ysele quema la Casa)
(1797-1798)
plate 18 from Los Caprichos (The Caprices) series (1797–98), published 1799
- Medium
- etching and burnished aquatint printed in sepia ink
- Measurements
- 18.0 × 12.0 cm (image) 21.6 × 15.2 cm (plate) 23.8 × 16.8 cm (sheet)
- Place/s of Execution
- Madrid, Spain
- Catalogue/s Raisonné
- Harris 53.III.1
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Printing/Publishing
- published by Goya, Madrid
- Inscription
- inscribed in plate above image u.r.c.: 18.
inscribed in plate below image l.c.: Ysele quema la Casa. - Accession Number
- P1.18-1976
- Departments
- International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1976
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest - Gallery location
- Not on display
- Subjects (general)
- Human Figures Humour and Satire
- Subjects (specific)
- drunkenness fires (events) morality perils satire (artistic device) undress vice (culture-related concept)
- Movements
- Romanticism (modern European styles)
