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Image | 1877-Tours-Mame-01-024 |
Illustration No. | 1   |
Illustrator | Jean-Ignace-Isidore Gérard Grandville and Adrien Feart (frame) |
Engraver | François Théodore Ruhierre and Adrien Feart (frame) |
Lithographer | |
Title Caption | L'animal ouvrit la gueule, fit un long bâillement, et tirant une langue de deux pieds, il s'en débarbouilla les yeux et toute la face |
Title Supplied | |
Part | Part II, Madrid 1615 |
Chapter | Chapter 17 |
Subject |
17.2 Adventure of the lion |
Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
Technique |
Burin engraving Etching (acquaforte) |
Color | Black and white |
Volume | I |
Page Number | f.p. 367 |
Image Dimension | 129 x 96 |
Page Dimension | 242 x 155 |
Commentary | Don Quixote stands before a cart with a lion ready to fight against it, but the animal, although the lionkeeper has opened the cage, remains into it yawning.
Well-known scene; resolved with little novelty; however, good gestures and expressions. Remarkable and highly-detailed ornamental frame; it includes a laurel wreath, the flags of the cart, a shield with a lion, Ponce de León's portrait and swords. |
Notes | 1 - Same illustration first appeared in Tours: A. Mame, 1848.
2 - Printed on China paper. |