Suerte VI: The torero's assistant sets dogs on the bull

Anonymous, Spanish, 19th century Spanish

ca. 1850–80

Not on view

Copied from a print in Carnicero's series of etchings 'Colección de las principales suertes de una corrida de toros' (Collection of the main actions in a bullfight) published 1787–90.

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Title: Suerte VI: The torero's assistant sets dogs on the bull
Artist: Anonymous, Spanish, 19th century
Artist: After Antonio Carnicero (Spanish, 1748–1814)
Date: ca. 1850–80
Medium: Woodcut
Dimensions: Sheet: 8 7/16 × 12 5/8 in. (21.5 × 32 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Max G. Wildnauer Fund, 1978
Object Number: 1978.643.15(4)
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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