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Etching of three old women hunched over a wicker basket of babies, with bats flying in the dark sky above.

Mucho hay que chupar: Three Hags, Basket of Babies and Bats

An etching with aquatint in dark tones shows three hunched old women crowded together at left and center, one gripping a small object, beside a wicker basket of pale infants. Bats with spread wings hover in the dark upper right, and the caption Mucho hay que chupar is engraved along the bottom margin.

Artist
Francisco Goya
Date
[1796/98]
Medium
Etchings Aquatints
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
2901 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1798.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

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