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Spanish painter and printmaker who bridged the Old Masters and the modern age, documenting war, superstition, and human cruelty with unsparing psychological force.
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Temeridad de martincho en la plaza de Zaragoza (The Daring of Martincho in the Ring a t Saragossa)
Banderillas de fuego (Banderillas with Firecrackers)
Origen de los arpones o banderillas (Origin of the Harpoons or Banderillas)
El mismo vuelca un toro en la plaza de Madrid (The Same Man Throws a Bull in the Ring at Madrid)
Pedro Romero matando a toro parado (Pedro Romero Killing the Halted Bull)
El celebre Fernando del Toro, barilarguero, obligando a la fiera con su garrocha (The celebrated Picador, Fernando del Toro, Draws the Fierce Beast on with His Pique)
Ligereza y atrevimiento de Juanito Apinani en la de Madrid (The Agility and Audacityof Juanito Apinani in the Ring at Madrid)
Un caballero espanol mata un toro despues de haber perdido el caballo (A Spanish Knight Kills the Bull after Having Lost His Horse)
Mariano Ceballos, alias el Indio, mata el toro desde su caballo (Mariano Ceballos, Alias the Indian, Kills the Bull from His Horse)
El esforzado Rendon picando un toro, de cuya suerte murio en plaza de Madrid (The Forceful Rendon Stabs a Bull with the Pique, from Which Pass He Died in the Ring at Madrid)
El famoso Americano, Mariano Ceballos (The Famous American, Mariano Ceballos)
El mismo Ceballos montado sobre otro toro quiebra rejones en la plaza de Madrid (The Same Ceballos Mounted on Another Bull Breaks Short Spears in the Ring at Madrid)