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Image | 1842-London-Bohn-01-335 |
Illustration No. | 1   |
Illustrator | Tony Johannot |
Engraver | Andrew, Best & Leloir |
Lithographer | |
Title Caption | |
Title Supplied | The Knight of the Lake taken by a damsel to a castle |
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 | I |
Page Number | 667 |
Image Dimension | 150 x 85 |
Page Dimension | 250 x 155 |
Commentary | Reference to the Knight of the Lake's tale as told by don Quixote to the canon; the Knight is received by several damsels and one of them takes him into the castle; "y tomar luego la que parecía principal de todas por la mano al atrevido caballero que se arrojó en el ferviente lago, y llevarle, sin hablarle palabra, dentro del rico alcázar o castillo" (50:1).
Scene in keeping with Romanticism taste; medieval and orientalist setting. |
Notes | 1 - Same illustration and wooden block first used for Paris: Dubochet, 1836-37. |