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Modo con que los antiguos españoles cazaban los toros á caballo en el campo. (The way in which the ancient Spaniards hunted bulls on horseback in the open country); from the series "Tauromaquia" (Bullfighting), plate 1

Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
Drawn and etched about 1815–16; printed: late 19th to early 20th century

Medium/Technique Etching, burnished aquatint, and drypoint, with added roulette; posthumous printing
Dimensions Sheet: 31.3 x 45.5 cm (12 5/16 x 17 15/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Francis Bullard
Accession NumberM21239.1
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Harris 204, III, 3-4; Delteil 0224
DescriptionFrom a disbound set;
Posthumous printing, late 19th-early 20th c. (prior to 1910) printing (H. III, 3-4).
Marks Watermark: Ingres 1862
InscriptionsU.r.in burin: 1
ProvenanceFrancis Bullard (b. 1862 - d. 1913), Boston; January 1, 1910 gift to the MFA
Date acquired, 1/1/1910 [exact to month]