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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
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.