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Inscription in pencil by George Lucas (?)

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Image ID

1109683


Item data

Title

Inscription in pencil by George Lucas (?)

Collection

Samuel Putnam Avery Collection
Francisco Goya.
Los caprichos.

Names

Avery, Samuel Putnam, 1822-1904 (Collector)
Goya, Francisco, 1746-1828 (Artist)
Rossetti, Christina Georgina, 1830-1894 (Former owner)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1799

Library Location

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Subjects

Satires (Visual works)

Genres

Prints

Notes

Content: 1799 is the date of publication of the first edition.
Content: Holdings checked in departmental copy of Loys Delteil, Le peintre-gravure illustré, v. XIV and v. XV.
Content: Printed in sepia ink. The ink, along with the paper, corresponds to the description of the first edition by Tomás Harris, Goya: engravings and lithographs.
Content: The paper is described according to the guidelines in The Print Council of America's paper sample book.
Ownership: Gift of Samuel Putnam Avery, 1900. Purchased from Dante Gabriel Rossetti by Avery in 1882.
Content: Inscription reads: Purchased at sale of D. G. Rossetti's effects London June 7, 1882 Lot 458.

Identifiers

NYPL Digital Gallery Description: 4752
RLIN/OCLC: NYPG98-F64
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b14923838
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 20748a40-c610-012f-0215-58d385a7bc34

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1799

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. "Inscription in pencil by George Lucas (?)" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1799. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/20748a40-c610-012f-0215-58d385a7bc34

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. (1799). Inscription in pencil by George Lucas (?) Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/20748a40-c610-012f-0215-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. "Inscription in pencil by George Lucas (?)" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 14, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/20748a40-c610-012f-0215-58d385a7bc34

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