Goya, an account of his life and works

by Albert Frederick Calvert

69. Nada.

‘Nothing.’ A spectre emerging from the tomb writes the word ‘Nada’ on a sheet of paper.

70. No saben el camino.

‘They do not know the way.’ A procession of ecclesiastics tied together by ropes. ‘The blind leading the blind.’

71. Contra el bien general.

‘Against the general good.’ An old man with bat’s ears writing in an open book. An allusion probably to some unpopular statesman.

72. Las resultas.

‘The consequences.’ The above personage and other vampires drinking the blood of a corpse, representing Spain.

73. Gatesca pantomima.

‘Cat’s pantomime.’ A monk, birds of prey, and others doing homage to a cat (Godoy?).