When day breaks we will be off (Si amanece; nos Vamos), 1799

Plate 71 from 'Los Caprichos’, first edition.

Goya’s commentary: Even if you hadn’t come you wouldn’t have been missed.

Etching, burnished aquatint and burin.

Reference: Tomás Harris 106, “ The burin was used to redraw the back of the old witch at the left edge, towards the back of the group. The stars are produced by stopping-out. Burnishing is extensively used to create halftones and highlights in the figures and on the ground.” Preliminary drawing (Prado 82)

The copperplate is in the Calcografia

Dimensions: Plate 200 x 150 mm