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Image 1916-1918-Kristiania-Swanstrom-02-014 
Illustration No. 1     
Illustrator Wilhelm Nicolai Marstrand 
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Lithographer  
Title Caption Venskapel mellem ROCINANTE og Rucio 
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Part Part II, Madrid 1615  
Chapter Chapter 12 
Subject 12.3 Rocinante and SP’s donkey
 
Illustration Type Chapter illustration
 
Technique Process / Photomechanical technique
 
Color Black and white 
Volume II 
Page Number f.p. 48 
Image Dimension 90 x 155 
Page Dimension 200 x 285 
Commentary After the adventure with the actors and before the encounter with the Knight of the Mirrors, Cervantes includes a reference to the friendship between Rocinante and the donkey; "después de cansados y satisfechos cruzaba Rocinante su pescuezo sobre el cuello del rucio, que le sobraba de la otra parte más de media vara, y mirando los dos atentamente al suelo, se solía estar de aquella manera tres días" (12:2).
Tender and anecdotal scene; Sancho observes them while don Quixote appears in the background. 
Notes 1 - Preparatory drawing for Copenhaguen: Fr. Woldikes Forlags, 1865; the final illustration differs.