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In the background, Sancho gesticulating.
Well-known comical scene and composition; resolved without great novelty.
Good drawing and coloring for a young readers' edition.
2 - Placed as frontispiece.
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| Image | 1928-Boston-Mifflin-01-003-f |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Herman Ilfeld Bacharach |
| Engraver | |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | THE WIND WHIRLED IT ABOUT WITH SO MUCH VIOLENCE THAT IT BROKE THE LANCE TO SHIVERS, DRAGGING HORSE AND RIDER AFTER IT |
| Title Supplied | |
| Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
| Chapter | Chapter 8 |
| Subject |
8.2 Adventure of the windmills (giants) |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
| Technique |
Offset |
| Color | In color |
| Volume | I |
| Page Number | f. title page |
| Image Dimension | 175 x 115 |
| Page Dimension | 236 x 173 |
| Commentary | Don Quixote, galloping on Rocinante, attacks a windmill, but the sail breaks his lance and raises him up.
In the background, Sancho gesticulating. Well-known comical scene and composition; resolved without great novelty. Good drawing and coloring for a young readers' edition. |
| Notes | 1 - Also used for the decorated jacket.
2 - Placed as frontispiece. |