print; book

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Object Type: print; book
Museum number: 1975,1025.421.81
Title: Object: Murió la verdad (Truth has died); Series: Los Desastres de la Guerra (The Disasters of War)
Description: Plate 79: allegorical female figure of Truth lying dead, surrounded by crowd of religious and other figures with bishop at front, emanating light; from a bound album of working proofs, presented by the artist to Ceán Bermúdez. c.1814-1815 Etching and burnisher
Producer name: Print made by: Francisco de Goya
School/style: Spanish
Production date: 1814-1815 (c.)
Materials: paper
Technique: etching
Dimensions: Height: 176 millimetres; Width: 217 millimetres
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Curator's comments: The preparatory drawing for the print is in the Museo del Prado, Madrid (D.3983).
Bibliographic references: Harris 1964 / Goya: Engravings and Lithographs (199.I.2); Delteil / Le Peintre-Graveur Illustré (XIXe et XXe siècles) (198); Blas & Matilla 2000 / El libro de los Desastres de La Guerra (79)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: allegory/personification
Associated events: Associated Event: Peninsular War 1808-1814
Acquisition name: Donated by: HM Government
Previous owner: Previous owner/ex-collection: Tomás Harris; Previous owner/ex-collection: Juan Augustín Ceán Bermúdez; Previous owner/ex-collection: Valentín Carderera
Acquisition date: 1975
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1975,1025.421.81
Joined objects: Associated Group: G14960 (82 objects)
Conservation: Treatment: 13/6/23

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