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| Image | 1749-London-01-001-f |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | John Vanderbank |
| Engraver | Gerard van der Gucht |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | |
| Title Supplied | Cervantes receives his arms to fight Chivalric Books |
| Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
| Chapter | 02. Frontispiece |
| Subject |
02.3 Allegorical/symbolic representations |
| Illustration Type |
Frontispiece |
| Technique |
Burin engraving Etching (acquaforte) |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | I |
| Page Number | f. title page |
| Image Dimension | 132 x 87 |
| Page Dimension | 205 x 125 |
| Commentary | Allegorical frontispiece.
Cervantes, as Hercules Musagetes (followed by the nine Muses), receives from a satyr the arms (Comedy mask) to fight the monsters (Chivalric books) that have invaded Mount Parnassus. Figures of great and classical beauty. Excellent drawing and engraving (Muses' faces, tunics, Hercules' musculature...). |
| Notes | 1 – Plate newly engraved in a reduced size by Van der Gucht after his own plate with Vanderbank’s design first engraved for London: Tonson, 1738. |