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Un torero monté sur les épaules d'un chulo "lanceado" un taureau.: P.1179-R

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Un torero monté sur les épaules d'un chulo "lanceado" un taureau.
Translated as: A bullfighter, mounted on the shoulders of an assistant, spearing a bull.
La Taureaumachie - Plate D

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Goya y Lucientes, Francisco José de
Printer: Beillet, A.
Publisher: Loizelet, Eugène

Entities

Categories

Place(s) associated

  • Paris

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1917-12) by Murray, Charles Fairfax

Dating

Production date: AD 1876 : Published in 1876

Note

Edition impression, with the letter "D", on Arches paper

Plate D from the seven additional plates prepared for the Tauromaquia series and first published by Loizelet in 1876 under the letters A-G, in La Taureaumachie, Recueil de Quarante Estampes Inventées et Gravées à l'Eau-forte par Don Francisco Goya y Lucientes, Paris, Loizelet, Rue des Beaux-Arts, 12.

School or Style

Spanish

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Plate Height 243 mm Width 353 mm
Sheet Height 325 mm Width 490 mm

Techniques used in production

Aquatint
Drypoint
Engraving
Open biting
Etching

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: D
  • Location: Plate upper right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Letter

Related exhibitions

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.1179-R
Primary reference Number: 2551
Harris (Goya): 240 III.3
Delteil: 260 II
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 2 March 2023 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Un torero monté sur les épaules d'un chulo "lanceado" un taureau." Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/2551 Accessed: 2024-03-29 00:20:23

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