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Good example of Johannot's interest in illustrating don Quixote's fantasies, in keeping with Romanticism liking.
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| Image | 1836-1837-Paris-Dubochet-01-124 |
| Illustration No. | 1 2 |
| Illustrator | Tony Johannot |
| Engraver | Hippolyte Lavoignat |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | |
| Title Supplied | A dwarf, a beautiful dueña, two giants and a wise man |
| Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
| Chapter | Chapter 21 |
| Subject |
21.1 Discourse of DQ about ideal knight |
| Illustration Type |
Vignette |
| Technique |
Wood engraving or Xylography |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | I |
| Page Number | 278 |
| Image Dimension | 75 x 82 |
| Page Dimension | 250 x 165 |
| Commentary | Fourth reference to the discourse of don Quixote about the ideal knight; "entrará a deshora, por la puerta de la sala, un feo y pequeño enano, con una hermosa dueña, que entre dos Gigantes, detrás del enano viene, con cierta aventura hecha, por un antiquísimo sabio" (21;1).
Good example of Johannot's interest in illustrating don Quixote's fantasies, in keeping with Romanticism liking. |
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