Plate 12 from the 'Tauromaquia': The crowd hamstrings the bull with lances, sickles, banderillas and other arms. 1816 Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes) Spanish In his treatise on bullfighting published in 1807, José Vargas Ponce disparaged the old custom of releasing the bull to the masses when it was unable to continue the fight. He observed: "In ancient times Moorish with pitchforks or medias lunas [sickles with blades shaped like a half moon] used to cripple the bulls by cutting their nerves and, escape impossible, they were finished off by the crowd." The ritual seems to be the
Plate 12 from the 'Tauromaquia': The crowd hamstrings the bull with lances, sickles, banderillas and other arms. 1816 Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes) Spanish In his treatise on bullfighting published in 1807, José Vargas Ponce disparaged the old custom of releasing the bull to the masses when it was unable to continue the fight. He observed: "In ancient times Moorish with pitchforks or medias lunas [sickles with blades shaped like a half moon] used to cripple the bulls by cutting their nerves and, escape impossible, they were finished off by the crowd." The ritual seems to be the very moment captured in this plate, where the bull is surrounded by a mob and a figure at right is about to launch a firecracker-laden banderilla (barbed dart).. Plate 12 from the 'Tauromaquia': The crowd hamstrings the bull with lances, sickles, banderillas and other arms. 365886
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