Dreadful Events in the Front Rows of the Ring at Madrid and Death of the Mayor of Torrejon (Desgracias Acaecidas en el Tendido de la Plaza de Madrid, y Muerte del Alcalde de Torrejon)

Francisco Goya1816

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Title: Dreadful Events in the Front Rows of the Ring at Madrid and Death of the Mayor of Torrejon (Desgracias Acaecidas en el Tendido de la Plaza de Madrid, y Muerte del Alcalde de Torrejon)
Creator: Francisco de Goya
Date Created: 1816
Set or Series Title: The Art of Bullfighting (La Tauromaquia)
Object Type: Prints, works of art
Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Gift of George W. Davison (B.A. Wesleyan 1892), 1949
Materials & Techniques: Etching and aquatint
Keywords: animals, bullfighting, bulls, series (groups), sports, violence
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Edition: First edition, 1816
Bibliography: Loys Delteil 244; Tomás Harris 224
Associated People: Created by Francisco de Goya (Spanish, 1746-1828)
Accession Number: 1949.D3.8.21

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