Goya, an account of his life and works

by Albert Frederick Calvert

‘Dust and Ashes.’ A female victim of the Inquisition listening to the sentence read by a familiar of that tribunal.

24. No hubo remedio.

‘There was no remedy.’ A woman, stripped to the waist and mounted on an ass, is led away by the officers of the Inquisition.

25. Si quebró el cántaro.

‘Because he broke the pitcher.’ Mother chastising her boy.

26. Ya tienen asiento.

‘Now they have seats.’ Two women, nude from the waist downwards, carry their chairs on their heads. Meaning obscure.

27. Quién más rendido?

‘Which is the more bored?’ A gallant paying his oft-repeated compliments to a lady, who is weary of such empty homage.

28. Chitón!