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The gesture of the farmer, frightened, is specially remarkable.
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| Image | 1842-London-Bohn-02-273 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Tony Johannot |
| Engraver | A. Cavenne & Henri Désiré Porret |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | |
| Title Supplied | Sancho threatening the farmer of Miguelturra with his chair |
| Part | Part II, Madrid 1615 |
| Chapter | Chapter 47 |
| Subject |
47.2 A farmer asks SP money for his son |
| Illustration Type |
Vignette |
| Technique |
Wood engraving or Xylography |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | II |
| Page Number | 503 |
| Image Dimension | 130 x 84 |
| Page Dimension | 250 x 155 |
| Commentary | After hearing the farmer's petition, Sancho, seizing the chair he had been sitting on, threatens him with laying his head open with the chair if he does not leaves immediately (accurate to Cervantes' text).
The gesture of the farmer, frightened, is specially remarkable. |
| Notes | 1 - Same illustration and wooden block first used for Paris: Dubochet, 1836-37. |