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Image | 1896-Stuttgart-Thienemanns-01-002-p |
Illustration No. | 1   |
Illustrator | Adolf Wald |
Engraver | |
Lithographer | |
Title Caption | |
Title Supplied | Don Quixote knighted by the innkeeper |
Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
Chapter | Chapter 3 |
Subject |
3.4 DQ knighted at inn by innkeeper |
Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
Technique |
Process / Photomechanical technique |
Color | In color |
Volume | I |
Page Number | f. title page |
Image Dimension | 155 x 105 |
Page Dimension | 194 x 127 |
Commentary | At the inn, don Quixote is knighted by the innkeeper, who appears raising a sword.
Also in the scene, accurate to Cervantes' text and in keeping with a well-known composition, the two party girls (doña Molinera and doña Tolosa) and a boy. The figures try to be realistic and "Spanish"; notice innkeeper's "goyescas" clothes. Don Quixote's figure results serious and gaunt (notice his face), but also comical (notice the feathers on his helmet). |
Notes | 1 - The title page refers to "Farbendruckbildern" (images printed in colors; chromotypes); Wald's original watercolors have been reproduced using different photography negatives. The result is quite similar to a chromolithograph.
2 - Signed by the technician/printer M. Seeger (Stuttgart). 3 - Placed as frontispiece. |