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| Image | 1782-London-Strahan-03-009 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Francis Hayman |
| Engraver | G. V. Neist |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | |
| Title Supplied | The ecclesiastic leaving the table of the Duke |
| Part | Part II, Madrid 1615 |
| Chapter | Chapter 32 |
| Subject |
32.1 DQ and the ecclesiastic |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
| Technique |
Burin engraving |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | III |
| Page Number | f.p. 275 |
| Image Dimension | 131 x 76 |
| Page Dimension | 171 x 100 |
| Commentary | During a meal with the Duke, the Duchess, don Quixote and Sancho, an ecclesiastic gets angry with the Duke and the Duchess because they are humouring don Quixote.
Scene resolved with austerity (furniture, clothes, table... without French baroquism); background architecture is austere too, so the characters are highlighted. As an habitual anecdotal detail in Hayman, there is a dog. Good drawing and engraving. |
| Notes | 1 – Copy in reduced format after Hayman’s design for London: Millar, 1755.
2 – Same plate first engraved for London: T. Osborne, 1761 (2nd edition of T. Smollet’s translation). |