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Despite the small size of the vignette, the composition has been well-resolved to suggest a large number of figures and two different heights.
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| Image | 1842-London-Bohn-02-166 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Tony Johannot |
| Engraver | Hippolyte Lavoignat |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | |
| Title Supplied | Don Quixote and Sancho encounter the braying mayors squadron |
| Part | Part II, Madrid 1615 |
| Chapter | Chapter 27 |
| Subject |
27.2 Episode of braying mayors |
| Illustration Type |
Vignette |
| Technique |
Wood engraving or Xylography |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | II |
| Page Number | 302 |
| Image Dimension | 105 x 78 |
| Page Dimension | 250 x 155 |
| Commentary | Accurate to Cervantes' text, on reaching the top of a hill, don Quixote and Sancho see at the foot of it over two hundred men armed with weapons of various sorts (the braying mayors squadron; see their standard in the previous illustration).
Despite the small size of the vignette, the composition has been well-resolved to suggest a large number of figures and two different heights. |
| Notes | 1 - Same illustration and wooden block first used for Paris: Dubochet, 1836-37. |