Six images from the popular 1886 Spanish Bullfighting Journal La Lidia.

La Lidia, the oldest and most popular bullfighting magazine was founded by Julian Palacios the owner of a prestigious lithograph and engraving workshop in Madrid. These colorful and vibrant 1886 lithographs are a double page spread with publisher’s center fold. Signed in plate, there are six in this series. The titles are Citando Para El Salto De La Garrocha, Un Acto de Valor de Manuel Dominguez, Cojida del Picador Carlos Puerto, Un Miura Entablerado, Despues de una Buena Vara,Suerto de Capa entre dos O( al alimon ). In good condition and all  adhered to an acid free backing to preserve their integrity. Artists include Jose de Chavez and Daniel Perea y Rojas.

DANIEL PEREA Y ROJAS (1834 – Madrid, 1909): draftsman and painter , deaf-mute by birth, who cultivated, the genre of bullfighting painting. For many years he contribiuted to the newspaper “La Lidia” with his illustrations and was described in the press of the time as “the best artist of bullfighting scenes of the time”.
JOSE MARIA CHAVES ORTIZ (Seville, 1839 – 1903): Spanish illustrator and painter trained at the School of Fine Arts in Seville, where he was a disciple of Eduardo Cano and Manuel Barrón. He was dedicated to genre and bullfighting themes.