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The Custody of a Prisoner Does Not Call for Torture (La seguridad de un reo no exige tormento)

Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes)

ca. 1815; published ca. 1859

Attribution
Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes) Spanish, Fuendetodos 1746–1828 Bordeaux
Medium
Etching, burin ('Goya' inscribed in pencil lower right, not in the artist's hand)
Physical dimensions
Sheet: 9 7/8 × 7 3/8 in. (25.1 × 18.8 cm) Image: 4 7/16 × 3 3/8 in. (11.3 × 8.5 cm)
Credit line
A. Hyatt Mayor Purchase Fund, Marjorie Phelps Starr Bequest, 2015
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