A collection of 36 Spanish bull-fighting posters, Madrid, 1769-1803

BULL FIGHTING

A collection of 36 printed broadsheets announcing forthcoming bullfights. [Madrid, 1769-1803]

mostly oblong folio (c. 300 x 405mm.), covering a selection of bull-fights from 1769 to 1803, together with a small printed docket for 1792 giving the total of the takings for the corridas and the amount raised for the Reales hospitales, a few other posters with manuscript financial accounts on the versos, a few creases and tears (some with slight loss of text, one corner torn away), occasional staining

together 37 items

These bull-fighting posters for Madrid include the details and owners of the bulls being fielded, the order of appearance of the bull-fighters, the time of the events and safety arrangements. The corridas were organised in the name of the corregidor of Madrid, the chief royal representative in the civic administration, and the proceeds were used to support the public hospital in Madrid.