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Cogida de un Moro estando en la plaza
Translated as: A Moor caught by the bull in the ring
La Tauromaquia - Plate 8
Printmaker: Goya y Lucientes, Francisco José de
The Ricketts and Shannon Collection. Bequeathed by Charles Shannon, 1937
Height: 204 mm
Width: 316 mm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1937) by Shannon, Charles Haslewood
Production date: AD 1816
Plate 8 from the first edition of La Tauromaquia, set of 33 plates made for Goya in 1816.
Third state, on Sierra paper, cut impression
Support composed of laid paper
Aquatint
Drypoint
Burnishing (printmaking)
Etching
Accession number: P.52-1937
Primary reference Number: 2499
Harris (Goya): 211 III.1
Delteil: 231 IV
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Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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