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First appearance of the bull

First appearance of the bull
1813
no. 1 from the Spanish bullfighting series originally published in Foreign field sports, fisheries, sporting ancedotes...with a supplement of New South Wales, published by Edward Orme, London

Medium
hand-coloured etching and aquatint

Measurements
13.2 × 18.0 cm (image) 16.7 × 21.7 cm (outer framing line) 18.3 × 24.2 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1993

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Inscription
printed in ink below image l.c.: SPANISH BULL FIGHTING NO (O in superscript above . ) 1.
printed in ink below image l.c.: Published & Sold Feby (y in superscript above . ) 1st, (st in superscript above . ) by Edwd (d in superscript above . ) Orme, Bond Street London

Accession Number
P96-1993

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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