Skip to main content

Desgracias acaecidas en el tendido de la plaza de Madrid, y muerte del alcalde de Torrejon.: P.65-1937

An image of Print
View image details

Terms of use

The low-resolution images published on this Website are made available under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (CC BY-NC-ND). For more details: Fitzwilliam Terms of Use

This licence does not include any images of works that are still in copyright. Artistic copyright extends from the life of the artist to 70 years from the end of the calendar year in which the artist died.

Download this image

For further information on use of images or to license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who can discuss terms and fees.

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Desgracias acaecidas en el tendido de la plaza de Madrid, y muerte del alcalde de Torrejon.
Translated as: Dreadful events in the front rows of the ring at Madrid and death of the mayor of Torrejon.
La Tauromaquia - Plate 21

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Goya y Lucientes, Francisco José de

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

The Ricketts and Shannon Collection. Bequeathed by Charles Shannon, 1937

Measurements and weight

Height: 193 mm
Width: 300 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1937) by Shannon, Charles Haslewood

Dating

1810s
Production date: AD 1816

Note

Plate 21 from the first edition of La Tauromaquia, set of 33 plates made for Goya in 1816.

Third state, on Sierra paper, cut impression

School or Style

Spanish

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of laid paper

Techniques used in production

Aquatint
Drypoint
Burnishing (printmaking)
Engraving
Etching

Related exhibitions

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.65-1937
Primary reference Number: 2512
Harris (Goya): 224 III.1
Delteil: 244 IV

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 15 October 2025

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2025) "Desgracias acaecidas en el tendido de la plaza de Madrid, y muerte del alcalde de Torrejon." Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/2512 Accessed: 2025-12-05 19:56:31

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/2512 |title=Desgracias acaecidas en el tendido de la plaza de Madrid, y muerte del alcalde de Torrejon. |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2025-12-05 19:56:31|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/objects/object-2512

Bootstrap HTML code for reuse

To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:

<div class="text-center">
    <figure class="figure">
        <img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp73/p_65_1937_1_201601_mfj22_dc2.jpg"
        alt="Desgracias acaecidas en el tendido de la plaza de Madrid, y muerte del alcalde de Torrejon."
        class="img-fluid" />
        <figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Desgracias acaecidas en el tendido de la plaza de Madrid, y muerte del alcalde de Torrejon.</figcaption>
    </figure>
</div>

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...

University of Cambridge Museums logo
Cambridge City Council logo
Arts Council England Logo
Research England logo