LA TAUROMAQUIA (TAUROMACHIA)
A set of thirty-three prints in aqua-fortis and aqua-tinta finished about 1815.
1. Hunting Bulls across Open Country in the Olden Time.
2. Hunting the Bull on Foot.
3. Moors hunting the Bull across Country.
4. Moors bull-fighting in an Enclosure.
5. The Moor Gazul is the first to fight the Bull according to modern rules.
6. Moors using their Burnouses to irritate the Bull.
7. Origin of the Banderilla.
8. Moor attacked by a Bull.
9. Spaniard wearing a Turban killing a Bull in the Arena.
10. Charles V. kills a Bull in the Arena at Valladolid.
11. The Cid spearing a Bull.
12. People hamstringing a Bull.
13. Horseman places some Banderillas without the Help of the Chulos.
14. The Student of Falces, enveloped in his Cape, plays with the Bull.
15. The famous Martincho plants Banderillas.
16. Martincho seizes the Bull by the Tail and the Horns.
17. Moors using Donkeys instead of Horses.
18. Intrepidity of Martincho at Zaragoza.
19. Similar Exploit.
20. Exploit of Juanito Apiñani at Madrid.
21. Spectators killed by the Bull at Madrid.
22. The Woman Picador, Pajuelera, at Zaragoza.
23. Mariano Ceballos in the Arena.
24. Ceballos mounted on a Bull.
25. Bull being baited with Dogs.
26. Picador overthrown by the Bull.
27. Fernando del Toro in the Arena.
28. Rendon killing a Bull with one Blow at Madrid.
29. Pepe-Illo in front of the Bull.
30. Pedro Romero in the Arena.
31. Flaming Banderillas.
32. Bull overthrowing Picadors.
33. Death of Pepe-Illo in the Arena.
The plates 34 to 40 do not properly belong to the series.
34. Variation of plate No. 24.
35. Combat between the Bull and Picadors mounted on Donkeys harnessed to a Carriage.
36. Scene in the Bull-Ring.
37. Bull carrying a wounded Toreador impaled on his Horns.
38. Bull carrying dead Toreador impaled on his Horns.
39. Variation of plate No. 25.
40. Variation of plate No. 18.
41. The Bulls. A study of the animals in various attitudes.
This plate belongs to Monsieur Lucas of Paris, and does not properly belong to this set.