Plate 77 from "The Disasters of War" (Los Desastres de la Guerra): 'May the cord break' (Que se rompe la cuerda)
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Portfolio: The Disasters of War
Artist: Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes)
Artist bio: Spanish, Fuendetodos 1746–1828 Bordeaux
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Spanish
Date: 1814–15 (published 1863)
Medium: Etching, burnished aquatint, drypoint
Dimensions: Plate: 6 3/4 × 8 11/16 in. (17.2 × 22 cm)
Sheet: 9 15/16 × 13 3/8 in. (25.2 × 34 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Purchase, Jacob H. Schiff Bequest, 1922
Accession year: 1922
Tags: Men|Spectators