Plate 12 from 'Los Caprichos': Out hunting for teeth (A caza de dientes.), 1799, Etching, burnished aquatint and burin, Plate: 8 1/2 × 5 7/8 in. (21.6 × 15 cm), Prints, Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes) (Spanish, Fuendetodos 1746–1828 Bordeaux), This is plate number 12 from the series of Goya's 80 aquatint etchings published as Los Caprichos in 1799. Here a young woman pulls the teeth from a hanged man because of their value in sorcery. She stands on tip-toes and covers her face in fear
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Plate 12, Los Caprichos, Out hunting, teeth, caza de dientes, 1799, Etching, burnished aquatint, burin, Plate, 8 1/2, 5 7/8, 21.6, 15 cm, Prints, Goya, Francisco Goya y Lucientes, Spanish, Fuendetodos, 1746–1828, Bordeaux, plate number, series, 80, etchings, published, young woman, pulls, hanged man, value, sorcery, stands, tip-toes, covers, face, fear
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