It Is Better to Be Lazy (Mejor es holgar), plate 73 from the series “Los Caprichos”

Artist: Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, Spanish, 1746–1828
Date: 1799; printed c. 1856
Material: Etching with burnished aquatint and burin
Classification: Prints
Collection: Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
Current Location: Not on view
Dimensions: image: 7 1/2 x 5 1/8 in. (19.1 x 13 cm)
plate: 8 7/16 x 5 7/8 in. (21.4 x 15 cm)
sheet: 12 1/16 x 8 in. (30.6 x 20.3 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Dr. Malvern B. Clopton
Rights: Public Domain
Object Number: 88:1946

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