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Image | 1865-Madrid-Gaspar-01-004 |
Illustration No. | 1  2 |
Illustrator | Tony Johannot (copied after) |
Engraver | Cibera |
Lithographer | |
Title Caption | |
Title Supplied | Cervantes' portrait |
Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
Chapter | 03. Prologue |
Subject | |
Illustration Type |
Head vignette |
Technique |
Wood engraving or Xylography |
Color | Black and white |
Volume | I |
Page Number | IX |
Image Dimension | 62 x 135 |
Page Dimension | 253 x 164 |
Commentary | Cervantes' portrait in an oval medalion surrounded by symbols alluding to him as a soldier (sword, helmet...) as a writer (book, ink and quill...) and as a prisioner in Algiers and Argamasilla de Alba (bars, water jug and bread...). |
Notes | 1 - Acceptable copy after Tony Johannot's illustration for Paris: Dubochet, 1836-37. |