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Image 1836-1837-Paris-Dubochet-01-340 
Illustration No. 1     
Illustrator Tony Johannot 
Engraver Antoine Alphée Piaud 
Lithographer  
Title Caption  
Title Supplied A damsel entering unexpectedly 
Part Part I, Madrid 1605  
Chapter Chapter 50 
Subject 50.1 DQ’s tale of the knight of the lake in defense of chivalric fiction
 
Illustration Type Vignette
 
Technique Wood engraving or Xylography
 
Color Black and white 
Volume
Page Number 705 
Image Dimension 85 x 58 
Page Dimension 250 x 165 
Commentary Reference to the Knight of the Lake's tale as told by don Quixote to the canon; a damsel enters unexpectedly by the chamber door; "entrar a deshora por la puerta de la sala otra mucho más hermosa doncella que ninguna de las primeras" (50:1).
Scene in keeping with Romanticism taste; medieval setting. 
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