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| Image | 1808b-Paris-Nicolle-04-001-f |
| Illustration No. | 1 2 3 4 |
| Illustrator | Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier (copied after) |
| Engraver | Jean-Baptiste Bigant |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | |
| Title Supplied | Don Quixote arrives at don Diego de Miranda's house |
| Part | Part II, Madrid 1615 |
| Chapter | Chapter 18 |
| Subject |
18.1 DQ arrives at Don Diego’s house |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration Frontispiece Vignette |
| Technique |
Burin engraving |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | IV |
| Page Number | f. title page |
| Image Dimension | 100 x 63 (complete illus.); 50 x 30 (vignette) |
| Page Dimension | 142 x 90 |
| Commentary | Don Quixote and Sancho Panza arrive at don Diego de Miranda's house, where they meet don Diego's wife, doña Cristina, and their son, don Lorenzo.
Simple composition (all the characters in the foreground); good setting (see accurate details: tobosescas tinajas, large pitchers). Drawing and engraving with acceptable quality. |
| Notes | 1 - Same plate first engraved by Bigant for Paris: Chez Gide, 1806.
2 - Copied after Le Barbier's illustration (Paris: Didot-Deterville, 1799). 3 - Placed as frontispiece. |
