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Image | 1808b-Paris-Nicolle-04-001-f |
Illustration No. | 1  2 3 4 |
Illustrator | Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier (copied after) |
Engraver | Jean-Baptiste Bigant |
Lithographer | |
Title Caption | |
Title Supplied | The priest and barber visit don Quixote |
Part | Part II, Madrid 1615 |
Chapter | Chapter 1 |
Subject |
1.1 Priest and barber visit DQ to check if he is cured of his madness |
Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration Frontispiece Vignette |
Technique |
Burin engraving |
Color | Black and white |
Volume | IV |
Page Number | f. title page |
Image Dimension | 100 x 63 (complete illus.); 50 x 30 (vignette) |
Page Dimension | 142 x 90 |
Commentary | The barber and the priest talk with don Quixote to check if he is sane or insane, while the housekeeper and the niece observe them.
The composition is simple, but theatrical (great canopy). Drawing and engraving with acceptable quality. |
Notes | 1 - Same plate first engraved by Bigant for Paris: Chez Gide, 1806.
2 - Copied after Le Barbier's illustration (Paris: Didot-Deterville, 1799). 3 - Placed as frontispiece. |