The plaza de toros of Madrid – Historic Print
![The plaza de toros of Madrid, [between 1860 and 1870] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/57/577c153d2af8-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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Few images capture their era like this antique lithograph of The plaza de toros of Madrid. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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The plaza de toros of Madrid
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The Plaza de Toros of Madrid, the bullring that stood in the city's Salamanca district, is the subject of this color lithograph, which the record dates to somewhere between 1860 and 1870. It is numbered No. 5, suggesting it belonged to a series of views rather than a standalone sheet. Bullrings were central to Spanish public life in the nineteenth century, drawing crowds from every social rank to watch the corrida, and prints like this one helped spread images of those spectacles across Europe. Look closely at the seating tiers and the crowd, which were as much a part of the scene as the bull itself.
| Created / published | [between 1860 and 1870] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | Lithographs Color 1860-1870. |
| Notes | No. 5. |
| Subjects | Bullfighting--Spain--Madrid--1860-1870. Stadiums--Spain--Madrid--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,677 × 3,787 px · prints to 16 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220336 |
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