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| Image | 1731-London-Walthoe-04-007 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Charles-Antoine Coypel (copied after) |
| Engraver | Jan van der Gucht |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | Don Quixotes Deliverance out of Folly by Wisdom |
| 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 |
Burin engraving |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | IV |
| Page Number | f.p. 153 |
| Image Dimension | 121 x 132 |
| Page Dimension | 160 x 160 |
| Commentary | Allegorical scene of great beauty.
In a room, don Quixote, asleep, is protected by Wisdom (as Athena among shining clouds); his arms and barber basin remain abandoned. On the right, Sancho, awake, is captivated by Folly (with a jester scepter among dark clouds), who shows him a crown and a castle (the promised government of the island). |
| Notes | 1 - Turned copy after Coypel’s illustration (Paris: Surugue, c. 1728-30).
2 - Wrongly-placed in Chapter XIX, Part II, Volume IV (60:2); as its own indication refers, it should be f.p. 253 in Chapter XXXIII, Part II, Volume IV (74:2). |