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A Spanish knight kills a bull after having lost his horse

A Spanish knight kills a bull after having lost his horse
(Un caballero español mata un toro despues de haber perdido el caballo)
(c. 1815-1816); published 1816
plate 9 from La Tauromaquia (The Art of Bullfighting) series (c. 1815–16), published 1816

Medium
etching, burnished aquatint and burin

Measurements
20.5 × 31.2 cm (image) 24.5 × 35.1cm (plate) 26.8 × 37.1 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by the National Art-Collections Fund, 1919

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Madrid, Spain

Catalogue/s Raisonné
Harris 212.III.1

Edition
1st edition

Printing/Publishing
published by Goya, Madrid

Inscription
printed in ink u.r.: 9
inscribed in pencil u.r.: E77
inscribed (inverted) in plate l.l.: Goya
stamped in red ink l.l.: CLR (Lugt 595: Rutherstons)
stamped in blue ink on reverse c.: PUBLIC LIBRARY OF VICTORIA

Accession Number
1998.255.9

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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