272 FRANCISCO JOSÉ DE GOYA
Tragala Perro
.
Etching and aquatint, circa 1799. 215x150 mm; 8
1
/
2
x6 inches,wide margins. First edition. From
Los Caprichos
.A very good, early impression with the three tones of aquatint distinct and with
burr on the drypoint lines to the left of the figures on the far left hand side of the plate.
According to Harris, “
Tragala
, which means literally ‘swallow it,’ is the first word of the
‘party’ song of the Spanish liberals, with which they mocked the absolutists.To sing the
tragala
came to mean to make fun of someone who is forced to accept something which
he had previously refused.” Delteil 95; Harris 93.
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