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Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

The rabble hamstring the bull with lances, sickles, banderillas and other arms, plate twelve from The Art of Bullfighting

1814/16, published 1816
Etching, burnished aquatint and drypoint on ivory laid paper
21 × 31.2 cm (8.3 × 12.3 in)

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