Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Bayan mamayewar Faransa a watan Mayu 1823 da
Dubu ɗari na 'Ya'yan Saint Louis sun ƙare Trienio Liberal kuma sun dawo da cikakken mulkin Ferdinand VII, akwai matsin lamba ga' yanci waɗanda suka goyi bayan kundin tsarin mulki na 1812. Saboda wannan zalunci Goya ya koma Faransa, kodayake don riƙe matsayinsa da albashinsa a matsayin mai zanen kotu ya gabatar da buƙata na izinin izinin watanni shida don zuwa wurin shakatawa a Plombières-les-Bains, a ƙarshe ya zauna a Bordeaux inda zai ciyar da sauran rayuwarsa. Lokacin da Goya ya isa Faransa wani abokinsa ya bayyana shi a matsayin 'kurma, tsoho, jinkirin da rauni kuma ba tare da sanin wani aiki na Faransanci ba, kuma yana da farin ciki da sha'awar ganin duniya! A Bordeaux Goya ya daina karɓar kwamitocin, amma ya zana abokansa, ya yi jerin ƙaramin ruwa a kan hauren giwa, ya ci gaba da cika littattafan zane-zane kuma ya yi gwaji tare da lithography. Ko da yake Goya ya fara gwaji tare da sabon sabon bugawa na lithography a 1819, zai yi nasara mafi girma a cikin matsakaici a Bordeaux karkashin jagorancin masanin bugawa, Cyprien Gaulon.