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| Image | 1842-Mexico-Cumplido-02-029 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Hesiquio Iriarte (after Tony Johannot ) |
| Engraver | |
| Lithographer | Oficina Litotipográfica de Miguel Ángel Porrúa |
| Title Caption | |
| Title Supplied | Don Quixote surprised by a multitude of crows and choughs in Montesinos' cave |
| Part | Part II, Madrid 1615 |
| Chapter | Chapter 22 |
| Subject |
22.2 Adventure of the cave of Montesinos |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
| Technique |
Lithography |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | II |
| Page Number | f.p. 142 |
| Image Dimension | 175 x 115 |
| Page Dimension | 250 x 175 |
| Commentary | Well-known scene since Savery (Savery: Dordrecht, 1657); when don Quixote tries to enter Montesinos' cave cutting away some brambles with his sword, a multitude of crows and choughs (they look more like owls in this illus.) flows out of the cave and knocks don Quixote down. |
| Notes | 1 - Reprint of the original lithograph (Mexico: Masse y Decaen; I. Cumplido, 1842) after Johannot's design (Paris: Dubochet, 1836-37). |