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Etching (acquaforte)
Stipple / Crayon manner
Knight has reinforced the comical image of Sancho, more caricatured than in Coypel's; almost as a buffoon.
The use of stipple for shading (looking like acquatint) is very remarkable.
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| Image | 1839-London-Newman-01-001 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Charles-Antoine Coypel (based on) |
| Engraver | C. Knight |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | |
| Title Supplied | Sancho discovers the robbery of his donkey |
| Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
| Chapter | Chapter 23 |
| Subject |
23.2 SP’s donkey is stolen |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
| Technique |
Burin engraving Etching (acquaforte) Stipple / Crayon manner |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | I |
| Page Number | f.p. 1 |
| Image Dimension | 81 x 104 |
| Page Dimension | 100 x 135 |
| Commentary | Scene copied, turned, after Coypel's (Paris: Surugue, 1726). Sancho Panza discovers that Ginés de Pasamonte has stolen his donkey (Ginés flees away in the left background), leaving him on the saddle with four stakes; don Quixote points to him.
Knight has reinforced the comical image of Sancho, more caricatured than in Coypel's; almost as a buffoon. The use of stipple for shading (looking like acquatint) is very remarkable. |
| Notes | 1 - Placed as a frontispiece. |