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Bullfights

Physical contest that involves a bullfighter and a bull

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  • Two bulls fighting by a pond sending frogs leaping into the water. Etching by W.-S. Howitt, ca 1800.
  • A bull fight with mounted riders and a grotesque machine on wheels emitting smoke in the background. Red chalk drawing after Antonio Tempesta.
  • Men on horseback are goring bulls with spears, crowds of people are watching from the sidelines. Engraving after Jan van der Straet.

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    Men on horseback are goring bulls with spears, crowds of people are watching from the sidelines. Engraving after Jan van der Straet.

    Straet, Jan van der, 1523-1605. | Reference: 34374i
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    Two bulls fighting by a pond sending frogs leaping into the water. Etching by W.-S. Howitt, ca 1800.

    Howitt, Samuel, 1765?-1822. | Date: 1 Oct 1800 | Reference: 40030i
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    A bull is being baited by dogs as a crowd shouts encouragement. Wood engraving.

    | Reference: 34671i
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    A bull fight with mounted riders and a grotesque machine on wheels emitting smoke in the background. Red chalk drawing after Antonio Tempesta.

    Tempesta, Antonio, 1555-1630. | Reference: 33696i
    • Archives and manuscripts

    A bull fight

    Fraser, David, active approximately 1978-1979 | Date: 23 February 1978 | Reference: 2935741i
    Part of: Papers of Edward Adamson (1911-1996)

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