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Plate 3 from " La Tauromaquia": The Moors settled in Spain, giving up the superstitions of the Koran, adopted this art of hunting, and spear a bull in the open

1816
Etching, burnished aquatint, drypoint, burin
24.5 × 35 cm (9.6 × 13.8 in)

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