Disasters of War: Barbaros! (Barbarians!) : Preservation Lab Treatment Report

Abstract

This is a print from DAAP’s Teaching Collection, purchased at the request of faculty member, Christopher Platts. The collection is meant to be handled during classes and is housed in flat files at the DAAP Library. This is an etching proof of an artwork by Francisco de Goya entitled Los Desastres de la Guerra: Barbaros!. Th proof is from an edition of 100 copies of the 5th edition of Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Madrid from 1923. The image depicts conflict during the Peninsular War (1807-1814), and invasion of the First French Empire of the Iberian Peninsula during the Napoleonic Wars.View Item in DAAP Library Collection: https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.3502448