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They are getting drunk; folio 67 (recto) from the Madrid Album "B"

1796–98
Not on view
Three debauched women are shown drinking wine, while a fourth reaches for the bottle and, in a drunken gesture, brings her face close to the central figure, perhaps sharing a joke or aping intimacy. The drawing on the other side of the page (35.103.10) provided the basis for plate 33 of the Caprichos. The inscription announces its subject as deception, and the drawing shows a quack dentist pulling teeth. Quackery was such a problem in Madrid during the 1790s that measures were taken to weed out fake practitioners.

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  • Title: They are getting drunk; folio 67 (recto) from the Madrid Album "B"
  • Artist: Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes) (Spanish, Fuendetodos 1746–1828 Bordeaux)
  • Date: 1796–98
  • Medium: Brush and point of brush, scraper, carbon black washes
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 9 1/4 × 5 3/4 in. (23.5 × 14.6 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1935
  • Object Number: 35.103.11
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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