The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters is an aquatint print that was created by Franscico Goya in the year 1796 and is number 43 of a series of 80 prints. It is believed that many of these prints were meant to express disdain for the pre-enlightenment practices that were still popular in Spain at the time. His goal for the series was to urge people into action for a more open Spain, not unlike the French Revolution. In fact, Goya blonged to an intellectual circle that embraced the ideals of the French Revolution. It is due to this fact that his works began to slowly and subtly criticize the court in which he served, yet he later had to present his plates to King Charles IV to quell the rumors that his images were intentionally critical of the