The Corsican-born French emperor Napoleon is depicted as a matador being tossed by a bull representing the Kingdom of Spain.

[2] On the right of the image three bulls, previously wounded by the matadors, are marked as Denmark, Dutch and Prussian animals.

Watching with approval are various monarchs of Europe and beyond George III, Francis I of Austria, John, Regent of Portugal, Alexander I of Russia, Gustav IV of Sweden, Pope Pius VII, Mustafa IV of the Ottoman Empire and Frederick William III of Prussia.

[3] Its identification of the Spanish nation with a bull may have been an inspiration for La Tauromaquia Francisco Goya's later series of prints.

Copies of the work exist at a variety of locations including the British Museum and the National Portrait Gallery.