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Dreadful events in the front rows of the ring at Madrid, and death of the mayor of Torrejon

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)
(c. 1815-1816); published 1816
plate 21 from La Tauromaquia (The Art of Bullfighting) series (c. 1815–16), published 1816

Medium
etching, burnished aquatint, lavis, drypoint and burin
Measurements
21.1 × 32.2 cm (image) 24.8 × 34.9 cm (plate) 26.8 × 37.1 cm (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
Madrid, Spain
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Harris 224.III.1
Edition
1st edition
Printing/Publishing
published by Goya, Madrid
Inscription
printed in ink u.r.: 21
inscribed in pencil u.r.: E89
stamped in red ink l.l.: CLR (Lugt 595: Rutherston)
stamped in blue ink on reverse c.: PUBLIC LIBRARY OF VICTORIA
Accession Number
1998.255.21
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by the National Art-Collections Fund, 1919
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display

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