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Johannot has resolved the scene creating a pyramidal composition in whose vertex is don Quixote's face; both figures are designed with great force and their movements are well suggested.
Print of great quality.
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| Image | 1842-London-Bohn-01-354 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Tony Johannot |
| Engraver | Henri Désiré Porret |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | |
| Title Supplied | One of the penitents beats don Quixote |
| Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
| Chapter | Chapter 52 |
| Subject |
52.2 Encounter with penitents (disciplinantes) |
| Illustration Type |
Vignette |
| Technique |
Wood engraving or Xylography |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | I |
| Page Number | 693 |
| Image Dimension | 100 x 109 |
| Page Dimension | 250 x 155 |
| Commentary | One of the penitents and don Quixote prepare to attack between themselves.
Johannot has resolved the scene creating a pyramidal composition in whose vertex is don Quixote's face; both figures are designed with great force and their movements are well suggested. Print of great quality. |
| Notes | 1 - Same illustration and wooden block first used for Paris: Dubochet, 1836-37. |