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Image | 1842-London-Bohn-01-299 |
Illustration No. | 1   |
Illustrator | Tony Johannot |
Engraver | Henri Désiré Porret |
Lithographer | |
Title Caption | |
Title Supplied | Don Quixote refuses to help the innkeeper |
Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
Chapter | Chapter 44 |
Subject |
44.2 DQ’s cowardice to help the innkeeper |
Illustration Type |
Vignette |
Technique |
Wood engraving or Xylography |
Color | Black and white |
Volume | I |
Page Number | 596 |
Image Dimension | 100 x 110 |
Page Dimension | 250 x 155 |
Commentary | The innkeper's wife and Maritornes (sketched in the background) ask don Quixote to help the innkeeper, beaten by two guests, but don Quixote refuses to help him, because they are not knights; "poniendo mano a su espada, acudió a la puerta de la venta, adonde aún todavía traían los dos huéspedes a mal traer al ventero; pero, así como llegó, embazó y se estuvo quedo" (44:1).
The figures of the three men fighting are resolved with good realism. |
Notes | 1 - Same illustration and wooden block first used for Paris: Dubochet, 1836-37. |