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El Famoso Americano, Mariano Ceballos; from the so-called "Bulls of Bordeaux" series of four lithographs

(Spanish, 1746–1828)
(French (Bordeaux), 1777–1858)
1825
Medium/TechniqueCrayon lithograph and scraper, on wove paper
DimensionsImage: 31 x 40.5 cm (12 3/16 x 15 15/16 in.)
Image with letters: 33.5 x 40.5 cm (13 3/16 x 15 15.16 in)
Sheet: 44.7 x 55.1 cm (17 5/8 x 21 11/16 in.)
Credit LineSamuel Putnam Avery Fund
Accession number21.10655
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsIn stone, within image: Goya; In margin, l.l: Déposé; l. c:: El Famoso Americano, Mariano Ceballos; l.r.: lith. de Gaulon
ProvenanceEdmond Sagot (b. 1857- d. 1917), Paris; Maurice Le Garrec (son of Sagot), Paris; 1921, purchased by MFA (Accession Date: December 31, 1921)