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'Ridiculous Dream', 1819-1823. Plate 3 of 'Proverbs', published in 1864. The series is also known as 'disparates' (absurdities) or 'sueños' (dreams). Symbolic of the absurdity of the human condition, the power of evil, the rule of lies and hypocrisy and the inevitable victory of age, pain and death.