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25.5 DQ performs mad acts
Well-known scene; represented almost with the same composition since Dordrecht: Savery, 1657.
Good and quick drawing and engraving; don Quixote's movement is resolved well.
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| Image | 1848-Tours-Mame-01-012 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Jean-Ignace-Isidore Gérard Grandville (?) |
| Engraver | Unknown |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | Il fit deux cabrioles, se donnant du talon dans le derrière, puis deux culbutes la tête la première et les pieds en haut. |
| Title Supplied | |
| Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
| Chapter | Chapter 25 |
| Subject |
25.4 SP’s embassy to Dulcinea; 25.5 DQ performs mad acts |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
| Technique |
Wood engraving or Xylography |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | I |
| Page Number | f.p. 201 |
| Image Dimension | 125 x 94 |
| Page Dimension | 197 x 120 |
| Commentary | Before Sancho leaves for El Toboso, don Quixote does some somersaults as love penance in Sierra Morena.
Well-known scene; represented almost with the same composition since Dordrecht: Savery, 1657. Good and quick drawing and engraving; don Quixote's movement is resolved well. |
| Notes | 1 - The plate is not signed either by the illustrator or by the engraver. |