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Burin engraving
Drawing and engraving are good (don Quixote's figure, furniture, books, arms...); not so the room, too small, cold and without details.
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| Image | 1749-London-01-004 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | John Vanderbank |
| Engraver | Gerard van der Gucht |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | |
| Title Supplied | Don Quixote at his library |
| Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
| Chapter | Chapter 1 |
| Subject |
1.1 DQ at his library reading chivalric novels |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
| Technique |
Etching (acquaforte) Burin engraving |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | I |
| Page Number | f.p. 1 |
| Image Dimension | 132 x 87 |
| Page Dimension | 205 x 125 |
| Commentary | Don Quixote, dressed as a 18th century English gentleman, reads peacefully while he observes his family arms (on the wall); these, far from looking like "tomadas de orín y llenas de moho, luengos siglos había, que estaban puestas y olvidadas en un rincón" (1:1), appear new and neat.
Drawing and engraving are good (don Quixote's figure, furniture, books, arms...); not so the room, too small, cold and without details. |
| Notes | 1 – Plate newly engraved in a reduced size by Van der Gucht after Vertue's plate with Vanderbank’s design first engraved for London: Tonson, 1738; in the original, there was a fireplace on the left too. |