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Plate 21 from "La Tauromaquia": Dreadful events in the front rows of the ring at Madrid and death of the mayor of Torrejon

1816
Etching, burnished aquatint, lavis, drypoint, burin
24.6 × 35.2 cm (9.7 × 13.9 in)

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