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Excellent drawing and engraving; remarkable image of don Quixote, carefully-etched (highlighted in white on a black background), and detailed and realistic setting.
2 - Printed on India paper.
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| Image | 1892-NY-Harvard-04b-006 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Adolphe Lalauze |
| Engraver | Adolphe Lalauze (photoengraving reproduction after) |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | The Death of Don Quixote. |
| Title Supplied | |
| Part | Part II, Madrid 1615 |
| Chapter | Chapter 74 |
| Subject |
74.1 DQ falls ill and recovers his sanity |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
| Technique |
Process / Photomechanical technique |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | IV (part II) |
| Page Number | f.p. 386 |
| Image Dimension | 105 x 75 |
| Page Dimension | 210 x 125 |
| Commentary | Despite the title caption, the scene represents Alonso Quijano sane (his arms hung on the wall) talking to Sancho (grief-stricken), the priest, the barber, the bachelor Sansón Carrasco, the housekeeper and the niece.
Excellent drawing and engraving; remarkable image of don Quixote, carefully-etched (highlighted in white on a black background), and detailed and realistic setting. |
| Notes | 1 - Reproduced by photo-engraving after Edinburgh: William Paterson, 1879-1884.
2 - Printed on India paper. |