Unfortunate charge of a powerful bull (Bullfighting B) (preparatory drawing)

 See How the ancient Spaniards hunted bulls on horseback in the countryside.

Preparatory drawing for Unfortunate charge of a powerful bull (Bullfighting B). This is a work of great movement like its corresponding engraving, although when the drawing was transferred to the plate Goya removed certain elements such as the horse in the lower right corner. The composition is otherwise almost the same as that of the future print: in the centre of the scene we see the moment when the bull charges the horse, which is literally in the air while the picador falls and the group of young men try to get the bull's attention so that he releases the horse. The bullring can be seen in the background, with people depicted in it, albeit in a sketchy manner. The drawing is more illuminated than the engraving, which Goya decided not to include in the original series due to the effects created by the aquatint.

Gassier compares this preparatory drawing with one of the two studies in another print: Two groups of picadors being rolled at once by a single bull (preparatory drawing 1), by the almost identical gutted horse, but in the opposite direction, which can be seen in the same drawing. The drawing is a fast drawing.

The present drawing is attached to a second laid paper belonging to a French army record book in Spain.