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Los Caprichos (The Caprices) – Plate 57: The fi...

Here is a question of fooling the fiancé by letting him see, through her pedigree, who were the parents, grandparents, great-grandparents and great-great-grandparents of the young lady.  And who is...

Los Caprichos (The Caprices) – Plate 56: To ris...

Fortune maltreats those who court her. Efforts to rise she rewards with hot air and those who have risen she punishes by downfall.  Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828)...

Los Caprichos (The Caprices) - Plate 55: Until ...

She is quite right to make herself look pretty. It is her seventy-fifth birthday, and her little girl friends are coming to see her. Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes...

Los Caprichos (The Caprices) – Plate 54: The sh...

There are men whose faces are the most indecent parts of their whole bodies and it would be a good thing if those who have such unfortunate and ridiculous faces...

Los Caprichos (The Caprices) – Plate 53: What a...

This looks a bit like an academic meeting. Perhaps the parrot is speaking about medicine? However don’t believe a word he says. There is many a doctor who has a...

Los Caprichos (The Caprices) – Plate 52: What a...

How often can soe ridiculous creature be suddenly transformed into a presumptious coxcomb who is nothing but appears to be much. That is what can be done by the ability...