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Series Title: Los Caprichos

Here Comes the Bogeyman, Plate 3

1799 (printed c. 1855)

Francisco de Goya

(Spanish, 1746–1828)
Culture
Spain
Medium
etching and aquatint
Credit Line
Dudley P. Allen Fund 1922.598
Catalogue raisonné
Harris 38, 2nd. edition, c. 1855; Perez Sanchez and Gallego p. 35 no. 3
Edition
Second Edition
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
Print
A vertically oriented etching and aquatint depicts figures in dense, dark-inked fine lines and grainy textures. On the left, a woman sits with two small children who recoil in terror, their features contorted. Facing them, a tall, hooded figure looms from the shadows, shrouded in a large white cloth and dark robes. Cursive text at the bottom reads, "Que viene el Coco," against the heavily shaded background characteristic of the medium.

Here Comes the Bogeyman, Plate 3

1799 (printed c. 1855)

Francisco de Goya

(Spanish, 1746–1828)
Spain

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