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The groom's figure is quite remarkable; don Quixote's less.
Notice the different kind of drawing/engraving used for foreground (well-detailed) or background (sketched).
2 - Same illustration first appeared in Tours: A. Mame, 1848.
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| Image | 1877-Tours-Mame-01-006 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Jean-Ignace-Isidore Gérard Grandville (?) |
| Engraver | Unknown |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | |
| Title Supplied | Don Quixote beaten by the groom of the silk merchants |
| Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
| Chapter | Chapter 4 |
| Subject |
4.4 Adventure of the merchants from Toledo |
| Illustration Type |
Vignette |
| Technique |
Wood engraving or Xylography |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | I |
| Page Number | 35 |
| Image Dimension | 105 x 84 |
| Page Dimension | 242 x 155 |
| Commentary | In the foreground, don Quixote fallen on the ground and beaten by a groom; in the background, Rocinante, fallen too, and the merchants of Toledo; one of the merchants is ordering the groom to stop beating don Quixote.
The groom's figure is quite remarkable; don Quixote's less. Notice the different kind of drawing/engraving used for foreground (well-detailed) or background (sketched). |
| Notes | 1 - The illustration is not signed either by the illustrator or by the engraver.
2 - Same illustration first appeared in Tours: A. Mame, 1848. |