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| Image | 1847-Paris-Clarey-01-003 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Robert Smirke (copied after) |
| Engraver | Antoine-Jean-Baptiste Coupé |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | DON QUICHOTTE. IL EST ARMÉ CHEVALIER |
| Title Supplied | |
| Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
| Chapter | Chapter 3 |
| Subject |
3.4 DQ knighted at inn by innkeeper |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
| Technique |
Burin engraving |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | I |
| Page Number | f.p. 32 |
| Image Dimension | 95 x 69 |
| Page Dimension | 172 x 111 |
| Commentary | Well-known scene with the basic characters: don Quixote, knelt down and still with his helmet, knighted by the innkeeper, holding a sword and a book; doña Molinera and doña Tolosa, with don Quixote's sword; and the boy with the candle; also a woman at the window and some men.
The figures of doña Tolosa and doña Molinera are resolved as idealized and Romantic images. Good light and shadow effects (produced by the candle and the moon among clouds). Faces are excellently drawn and engraved (see the innkeeper, woman at the window...). |
| Notes | 1 - Same plate first used for Paris: Chez. Ant. Aug. Renouard, 1820; good copy after Robert Smirke's illustration for London: Cadell & Davies, 1818. |