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Bull-Fight at Madrid - Accident to Montes, the Matador, 1850. Creator: Unknown.

Bull-Fight at Madrid - Accident to Montes, the Matador, 1850. 'Montes, looking his enemy full in the face, waved his flag, and...waltzed up to his horns [and] shook the flag in the bull's face; but despite the confusion of fireworks and the noise of the spectators, this bull still knew the difference between a flag and a man. He aimed directly at the body, made a spring, and in an instant Montes was under his feet. The chulos ran forward, shook their flags-but in vain; the bull had already transfixed the calf of Montes, whose leg he was furiously shaking in the air; already he had withdrawn his horn to make another thrust, when the young chichanero rushed forward, faced the bull, and without waiting for position, just touched the beast with the point of his sword on the nape of his neck; and it was no more...After this five other bulls were murdered with the same refinement of cruelty...'. From "Illustrated London News", 1850.
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Bull-Fight at Madrid - Accident to Montes, the Matador, 1850. Creator: Unknown.
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Bull-Fight at Madrid - Accident to Montes, the Matador, 1850. 'Montes, looking his enemy full in the face, waved his flag, and...waltzed up to his horns [and] shook the flag in the bull's face; but despite the confusion of fireworks and the noise of the spectators, this bull still knew the difference between a flag and a man. He aimed directly at the body, made a spring, and in an instant Montes was under his feet. The chulos ran forward, shook their flags-but in vain; the bull had already transfixed the calf of Montes, whose leg he was furiously shaking in the air; already he had withdrawn his horn to make another thrust, when the young chichanero rushed forward, faced the bull, and without waiting for position, just touched the beast with the point of his sword on the nape of his neck; and it was no more...After this five other bulls were murdered with the same refinement of cruelty...'. From "Illustrated London News", 1850.
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4960 x 2448 px | 34.7 MB
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42.0 x 20.7 cm | 16.5 x 8.2 in (300 dpi)
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19TH CENTURY 19TH ACCIDENT AMUSEMENT ANIMAL CRUELTY ANIMAL ANIMALS ARENA ARMS ATHLETE (FEMALE) ATHLETE (MALE) ATTACK ATTACKING B / W B&W BLACK & WHITE BLACK AND WHITE BLADE BLOOD SPORTS BRITAIN BRITISH BULL FIGHT BULL FIGHTER BULL FIGHTING BULL BULLFIGHT BULLFIGHTER BULLFIGHTERS BULLFIGHTING BYSTANDERS CAPE CENTURY CHANGING ROOM CLOTHES CLOTHING CONCEPT COUNTRY CRUELTY TO ANIMALS CRUELTY DEATH DIVERSION DIVERTISSEMENT DRAMATIC DRESS DRESSED ENGRAVED ENGRAVING ENTERTAINMENT FRANCISCO MONTES REINA FRANCISCO MONTES FRANCISCO GARMENT GORING GUY HABIT HORNS HORSE HORSES HUNDRED YEARS WAR HURT ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS ILN INCIDENT INJURED INJURY JOB KILL KILLING KILLS LOCATION MADRID MALE MAN MATADOR MEN MENSWEAR MONTÉS NEWSPAPER NEWSPAPERS NINETEENTH CENTURY OCCUPATION OGLER ONLOOKER ONLOOKERS PAQUIRO PEOPLE PRESS PRINT COLLECTOR, THE PROFESSION REINA RUBBERNECKS SPAIN SPANISH SPECTATOR SPECTATORS SPORT SPORTS SPORTSMAN SPORTSMEN SWORD SWORDS TAILOR TORERO TORERO, BULLFIGHT TOURISM TOURIST ATTRACTION TRADITION TRADITIONAL TRADITIONS TRAVEL TYPICAL VICTORIAN ERA VICTORIAN WAR WARFARE WEAPON WEAPONARY WEAPONRY WEAPONS XIX CENTURY