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The figure of the friar is specially remarkable (face, gesture, clothes...).
2 - Johannot has represented a friar although Cervantes says "monacillo" (little acolyte), because Viardot translated it as "moinillon" (little monk).
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| Image | 1842-London-Bohn-02-288 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Tony Johannot |
| Engraver | M. V. Sears |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | |
| Title Supplied | A friar writing two letters for Teresa Panza |
| Part | Part II, Madrid 1615 |
| Chapter | Chapter 50 |
| Subject |
50.1 Duchess’s page takes letter and presents to SP’s wife |
| Illustration Type |
Tailpiece |
| Technique |
Wood engraving or Xylography |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | II |
| Page Number | 539 |
| Image Dimension | 70 x 92 |
| Page Dimension | 250 x 155 |
| Commentary | Teresa Panza asks a friar to write two letters, one for her husband and another one for the Duchess, giving him a cake and two eggs (see the detail).
The figure of the friar is specially remarkable (face, gesture, clothes...). |
| Notes | 1 - Same tailpiece and wooden block first used for Paris: Dubochet, 1836-37.
2 - Johannot has represented a friar although Cervantes says "monacillo" (little acolyte), because Viardot translated it as "moinillon" (little monk). |