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Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

The Unlucky Death of Pepe Illo in the Ring at Madrid, plate 33 from The Art of Bullfighting

1814/16, published 1816
Etching, burnished aquatint, drypoint and burin on ivory laid paper
20.2 × 30.8 cm (8 × 12.1 in)

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