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Well-known scene; resolved with little novelty; however, good gestures and expressions.
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| Image | 1885-Tours-Mame-01-039 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Jean-Ignace-Isidore Gérard Grandville |
| Engraver | Léon Rousseau |
| 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 |
Wood engraving or Xylography |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | I |
| Page Number | 321 |
| Image Dimension | 148 x 100 |
| 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. |
| Notes | 1 - Copied and re-engraved on wood after Grandville's illustration for Tours: Mame, 1848 (and 1858, 1870, 1877); now without ornamental frame. |