Twelfth plate from the series of 22 subjects entitled Proverbs (Les Disparates), 1815–1824.
Etching, burnished aquatint and drypoint
245 × 350 mm, good margins
A very fine impression on wove paperfrom the first edition, prior to the numbered edition, printed for the Real Academia in 1864, from an edition of 300 impressions, edges slightly yellowed, small stitching holes in the left margin.
References: Harris 259, Delteil 213