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| Image | 1842-London-Bohn-01-272 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Tony Johannot |
| Engraver | Aglaé Laisné |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | |
| Title Supplied | Zoraida pretends to faint before his father |
| Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
| Chapter | Chapter 41 |
| Subject |
41.1 Captive’s tale continues: Agi Morato |
| Illustration Type |
Vignette |
| Technique |
Wood engraving or Xylography |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | I |
| Page Number | 542 |
| Image Dimension | 140 x 100 |
| Page Dimension | 250 x 155 |
| Commentary | Reference to captive's tale; accurate to Cervantes' text: "puso su cabeza sobre mi pecho, doblando un poco las rodillas, dando claras señales y muestras que se desmayaba, y yo, ansimismo, di a entender que la sostenía contra mi voluntad. Su padre llegó corriendo adonde estábamos" (41:1).
Orientalist scene in keeping with Romanticism taste; see clothes, setting... Agi Morato's figure is specially remarkable (detailed face and clothes, well-resolved movement...). |
| Notes | 1 - Same illustration and wooden block first used for Paris: Dubochet, 1836-37.
2 - From the whole tale of the captive, this is the best known episode and the most previously illustrated (see Vanderbank's illustration in London: Tonson, 1738). |