F. Molina
Vicent Charles. The English Bullfighter.

Vicent Charles. The English Bullfighter.

Public Domain

Vicent Charles. The English Bullfighter.
Publisheractive Madrid
CultureSpanish
Titles
  • Vicent Charles. The English Bullfighter.
  • Vincent Charles. The English Bullfighter.
Date1940s–1950s
MediumEmbroidered postcard
DimensionsImage: 5 1/2 × 3 3/8 in. (14 × 8.6 cm)
 Sheet: 5 1/2 × 3 3/8 in. (14 × 8.6 cm)
Credit LineBarbara Levine and Paige Ramey Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment
Object number2020.137.6.30
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Department
Photography
Special Collections
Object Type
DescriptionDigital technology has made changes to color and additions to photographs quick and easy, yet in the early 20th century embellishments and colors had to be laboriously applied by hand to photographs to create more realistic images and to distinguish important details. This stunning Spanish example was carefully and colorfully embroidered to emphasize the elaborate details of the toreros’s traje de luces (“suit of lights”).
ProvenanceBarbara Levine and Paige Ramey; purchased by MFAH, 2020.

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