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21.3 Adventure of the helmet of Mambrino
French setting (influenced by Coypel's designs); quite acceptable drawing and engraving.
2 - Compare with Coypel's design (Paris: Surugue, 1728-31).
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| Image | c1750-Paris-Poilly-01-004 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Nicolas Jean-Baptiste Poilly (?) (after Charles-Antoine Coypel) |
| Engraver | Nicolas Jean-Baptiste Poilly (?) |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | DON QUICHOTTE Don Quichotte voyant venir un cavalier... |
| Title Supplied | |
| Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
| Chapter | Chapter 21 |
| Subject |
21.2 Encounter with barber 21.3 Adventure of the helmet of Mambrino |
| Illustration Type |
Illustration |
| Technique |
Burin engraving |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | I |
| Page Number | 4 (22) |
| Image Dimension | 443 x 665 |
| Page Dimension | 515 x 744 |
| Commentary | Don Quixote, mounted on Rocinante, puts Mambrino's helmet on (barber basin); Sancho observes him while the barber runs away leaving his mule abandoned; two other figures (not accurate to Cervantes' text) observe them.
French setting (influenced by Coypel's designs); quite acceptable drawing and engraving. |
| Notes | 1 - Captions in French and Spanish.
2 - Compare with Coypel's design (Paris: Surugue, 1728-31). |