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Image | 1865-Madrid-Gaspar-01-004 |
Illustration No. | 1 2   |
Illustrator | Tony Johannot (copied after) |
Engraver | Unknown |
Lithographer | |
Title Caption | |
Title Supplied | Cervantes writing his prologue helped by a friend |
Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
Chapter | 03. Prologue |
Subject |
03.1 Cervantes writing prologue/story 03.2 Cervantes and his “friend” |
Illustration Type |
Initial |
Technique |
Wood engraving or Xylography |
Color | Black and white |
Volume | I |
Page Number | IX |
Image Dimension | 90 x 64 |
Page Dimension | 253 x 164 |
Commentary | Cervantes, in his prison in Argamasilla de Alba, receives the visit of a friend while writing his prologue. Cervantes asks him (see his gesture) for an advise to write it. |
Notes | 1 - Acceptable copy after Tony Johannot's illustration for Paris: Dubochet, 1836-37. |