Plate 30 from "La Tauromaquia": Pedro Romero killing the halted bull

Plate 7 from "La Tauromaquia": Origin of the harpoon or banderillas

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Pedro Romero killing the halted bull, plate 30 from The Art of Bullfighting

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

Plate 22 from "La Tauromaquia": Manly courage of the celebrated Pajuelera in [the ring] at Zaragoza

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Bullfights: Pedro Romeo Killing the Halted Bull

Francisco de Goya

Plate 33 from "La Tauromaquia": The unlucky death of Pepe Illo in the ring at Madrid

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Plate 15 from "La Tauromaquia": The famous Martincho places the banderillas playing the bull with the movement of his body

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Bullfights: Origin of the Harpoons or Banderillas

Francisco de Goya

Plate 13 of "La Tauromaquia": A Spanish mounted knight in the ring breaking short spears without the help of assistants

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Plate 28 of "La Tauromaquia": The forceful Rendon stabs a bull with the pique, from which pass he died in the ring at Madrid

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Plate 26 from "La Tauromaquia": A picador is unhorsed and falls under the bull

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Plate 23 from "La Tauromaquia": Mariano Ceballos, alias the Indian, kills the bull from his horse

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Plate 27 from "La Tauromaquia": The celebrated picador, Fernando del Toro, draws the fierce beast on with his pike

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