# Los Caprichos are issued in 1799 as a public satirical print cycle

Date: 1799

## The fact

On 6 February 1799 Los Caprichos were advertised as a public satirical set. This Fact stores that print-speech instrument, not the later withdrawal and not the subscription price.

It is one event.

## Context

Satire can be elite and still be public speech against custom and tribunal. Split siblings.

[Francisco Goya](/people/francisco-goya)’s documented role is bounded by other offices and collaborators named in the sources below. Sharing a field with them is not a reason to drop a documented act, and it is not a reason to assign later consequences done in the name after death.

Same 6 February 1799 advertisement as the price and withdrawal rows. Speech, price, and withdrawal share a spine. Eighty plates of custom, vice, and Inquisition.
Named person as heading of the dated public instrument. Later editors, museums, printers, or offices share publication. Complex where later carriers date the row.

## Evidence and sources

Prado Caprichos history and Met Heilbrunn independently date the 1799 issue.

Official or archival record: Museo Nacional del Prado (https://www.museodelprado.es/en; Museo Nacional del Prado).

## Significance

A public satirical print cycle is a democratic-speech path in a still-inquisitorial monarchy.

Keep withdrawal and price on other dates.

A public satirical print cycle is a democratic-speech path in a still-inquisitorial monarchy.

## What is established and what is not

Established: 1799 Caprichos as a published set. Not established: that 1799 liberalised Spain.

What would change the picture: a contradictory original with a different date or name, or a measured series that can be argued, with lag and alternatives, as a consequence of this instrument rather than of later institutions.

The date is the date of this instrument, not a licence to back-date every later harm or benefit.

Established here: a sourced, dated public instrument with a named contribution by Francisco Goya.

What would change the picture: a contradictory original with a different date, signatory, or non-occurrence; a demonstrated forgery; or a measured series that can be argued, with lag and alternatives, as a consequence of this instrument rather than of other causes.

They are not a public rating.

## People

- Francisco Goya: https://factrail.ai/people/francisco-goya

## Drivers

- Democratic Resilience: https://factrail.ai/drivers/democratic-resilience

## Sources

- https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/goya/hd_goya.htm
- https://www.museodelprado.es/en

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/goy-caprichos-1799