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Where is mother going?

Where is mother going?
(Donde vá mamá?)
(1797-1798)
plate 65 from Los Caprichos (The Caprices) series (1797–98), published 1799

Medium
etching, aquatint and drypoint printed in sepia ink
Measurements
18.2 × 11.9 cm (image) 20.6 × 16.2 cm (plate) 23.9 × 16.4 cm (sheet trimmed within platemark at left edge)
Place/s of Execution
Madrid, Spain
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Harris 100.III.1
Edition
1st edition
Printing/Publishing
published by Goya, Madrid
Inscription
inscribed in plate in image l.l.: Goya
inscribed in plate above image u.r.c.: 65.
inscribed in plate below image l.c.: Donde vá mamá?
Accession Number
P1.65-1976
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1976
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Gallery 18
Level 3, NGV Australia
Subjects (general)
Fantasy Human Figures Humour and Satire
Subjects (specific)
creatures domestic cat (species) monsters (legendary beings) nakedness owl (bird) satire (artistic device) witchcraft witches
Movements
Romanticism (modern European styles)