Plate 78 from "Los Caprichos": Be quick, they are waking up (Despacha, que dispiertan)

1881–86

Dating: Date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Etching, burnished aquatint
Dimensions: Plate: 8 9/16 × 5 15/16 in. (21.8 × 15.1 cm) Sheet: 12 1/4 x 8 5/16 in. (31.1 x 21.1 cm)
Collection no.: 51.530.1(78)
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Francisco Goya. Plate 78 from "Los Caprichos": Be quick, they are waking up (Despacha, que dispiertan). The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Plate 78 from "Los Caprichos": Be quick, they are waking up (Despacha, que dispiertan) — Francisco Goya. 1881–86.

Medium: Etching, burnished aquatint. Dimensions: Plate: 8 9/16 × 5 15/16 in. (21.8 × 15.1 cm) Sheet: 12 1/4 x 8 5/16 in. (31.1 x 21.1 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Grafton H. Pyne, 1951.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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