Forty-eight vignettes of a bullfight,

(Broadside.) (Bullfighting.)

Forty-eight vignettes of a bullfight,

Description: Folio broadside (310 x 435 mm), a grid of 48 woodblock printed scenes, some captioned; lightly browned with a tiny paper flaw at the left margin at the image, but no loss.

Publication Details: [Barcelona], Piferrer, Plaza del Angel, c. 1802.

Notes: Scarce pictorial narrative of a bullfight. This takes the form of an auca, a comic-like art form particularly popular in Catalonia. It depicts the stages of a bullfight: the opening ceremony and procession, the introduction of the bull, the various combative methods, and the bull's eventual demise. Strikingly dynamic, the images evoke the movement through the air of the picadors and matadors as they are tossed around by the bull before it meets its end.The Piferrer publishing house was established by Juan Piferrer in the early 18th century and ran until 1868....moreScarce pictorial narrative of a bullfight. This takes the form of an auca, a comic-like art form particularly popular in Catalonia. It depicts the stages of a bullfight: the opening ceremony and procession, the introduction of the bull, the various combative methods, and the bull's eventual demise. Strikingly dynamic, the images evoke the movement through the air of the picadors and matadors as they are tossed around by the bull before it meets its end.The Piferrer publishing house was established by Juan Piferrer in the early 18th century and ran until 1868. HIDE

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