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Dulcinea's figure has been drawn and engraved with great delicacy, but the whole scene suggests force.
2 - Sancho mistakes "cananeas" (cackneys) with "hacaneas" (hackneys, as represented by Johannot).
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| Image | 1842-London-Bohn-02-063 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Tony Johannot |
| Engraver | Unknown |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | |
| Title Supplied | Dulcinea and her damsels mounted on hackneys |
| Part | Part II, Madrid 1615 |
| Chapter | Chapter 10 |
| Subject |
10.2 The three labradoras |
| Illustration Type |
Vignette |
| Technique |
Wood engraving or Xylography |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | II |
| Page Number | 106 |
| Image Dimension | 80 x 100 |
| Page Dimension | 250 x 155 |
| Commentary | Dulcinea and her damsels as described by Sancho to don Quixote: "verá venir a la princesa, nuestra ama, vestida y adornada, en fin, como quien ella es. Sus doncellas y ella [...] vienen a caballo sobre tres cananeas remendadas, que no hay más que ver" (10:2).
Dulcinea's figure has been drawn and engraved with great delicacy, but the whole scene suggests force. |
| Notes | 1 - Same illustration and wooden block first used for Paris: Dubochet, 1836-37.
2 - Sancho mistakes "cananeas" (cackneys) with "hacaneas" (hackneys, as represented by Johannot). |