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| Image | 1808b-Paris-Nicolle-05-001-f |
| Illustration No. | 1 2 3 4 |
| Illustrator | Antonio Carnicero (copied after) |
| Engraver | Jean-Baptiste Bigant |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | |
| Title Supplied | Don Quixote attacking Maese Pedro's theater |
| Part | Part II, Madrid 1615 |
| Chapter | Chapter 26 |
| Subject |
26.3 DQ attacks and destroys the puppets |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration Frontispiece Vignette |
| Technique |
Burin engraving |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | V |
| Page Number | f. title page |
| Image Dimension | 100 x 63 (complete illus.); 50 x 30 (vignette) |
| Page Dimension | 142 x 90 |
| Commentary | Well-known scene since Savery (Dordrecht: Savery, 1657).
Well-resolved composition; don Quixote attacks Maese Pedro's theater before an astonished public. Drawing and engraving are acceptable. |
| Notes | 1 - Same plate first engraved by Bigant for Paris: Chez Gide, 1806.
2 - This illustration is not copied after Lebarbier and Lefebvre's designs for Paris: Didot-Deterville, 1799 (as all the other vignettes are), but after Antonio Carnicero's illustration for Madrid: Ibarra, 1780, copied with many fewer details. 3 - Placed as frontispiece. |
