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Image | 1842-London-Bohn-01-337 |
Illustration No. | 1   |
Illustrator | Tony Johannot |
Engraver | Antoine Alphée Piaud |
Lithographer | |
Title Caption | |
Title Supplied | A damsel entering unexpectedly |
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 | 669 |
Image Dimension | 85 x 58 |
Page Dimension | 250 x 155 |
Commentary | Reference to the Knight of the Lake's tale as told by don Quixote to the canon; a damsel enters unexpectedly by the chamber door; "entrar a deshora por la puerta de la sala otra mucho más hermosa doncella que ninguna de las primeras" (50:1).
Scene in keeping with Romanticism taste; medieval setting. |
Notes | 1 - Same illustration and wooden block first used for Paris: Dubochet, 1836-37. |