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The rope is breaking

The rope is breaking
(Que se rompe la cuerda)
(c. 1810-1820); published 1863
plate 77 in Los Desastres de la Guerra (The Disasters of War) series (1810–15), published 1863

Medium
etching, aquatint, lavis, burnisher, drypoint and burin
Measurements
24.4 × 33.2 cm (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
Madrid, Spain
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Harris 197.III.1
Edition
1st edition
Printing/Publishing
published by Real Academia de Nobles Artes de San Fernando, Madrid
Inscription
printed in ink below image l.c.: Que se rompe la cuerda
printed in ink u.r.: 77
Accession Number
1684-5
Department
International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1966
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