Bull fight, Mexico: matador and bull in arena; bull's head is to left. – Antique Print
![Bull fight, Mexico: matador and bull in arena; bull's head is to left., [no date recorded on caption card] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/1d/1dfd919e429d-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare historic photograph captures Bull fight, Mexico: matador and bull in arena; bull's head is to left. in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Bull fight, Mexico: matador and bull in arena; bull's head is to left.
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A matador and a bull share the arena in this scene, with the bull's head turned toward the left edge of the frame, which draws the eye to the animal's power. The caption card gives no date, but the Mutual Film Corporation credit and the George Grantham Bain Collection suggest a photoprint from the 1910s, when the Bain News Service supplied pictures of news and events from around the world. Bullfighting came to Mexico with Spanish colonists in the 1500s and grew into a popular spectacle in its bullrings, so the photograph offers a glimpse of a tradition that still draws crowds.
| Created / published | [no date recorded on caption card] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | Photoprint by Mutual Film Corp. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,098 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-152862 |
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