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The Unlikely Death of Pepe Illo in the Ring at Madrid (La Desgraciada Muerte de Pepe Illo en la Plaza de Madrid),

From the set of 33 prints plus title page, The Art of Bullfighting (La Tauromaquia)

Etching and aquatint

Edition: First edition, 1816

Accession number: 1949.D3.8.33

Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), 1949

Bibliography: Tomás Harris 236; Loys Delteil 256.

Work Type: print

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• violence
• series (groups)
• sports
• death
• animals
• bulls
• bullfighting

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