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Etching (acquaforte)
Dorotea´s figure (designed with an spiral movement) is excellently-drawn and engraved.
In the background, Sancho, the innkeeper (both gesticulating), the priest and Cardenio.
Drawing and engraving are excellent.
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| Image | 1749-London-01-016 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | John Vanderbank |
| Engraver | Gerard van der Gucht |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | |
| Title Supplied | Don Quixote attacking the wineskins |
| Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
| Chapter | Chapter 35 |
| Subject |
35.2 Adventure of wineskins |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
| Technique |
Burin engraving Etching (acquaforte) |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | I |
| Page Number | f.p. 272 |
| Image Dimension | 131 x 87 |
| Page Dimension | 205 x 125 |
| Commentary | Vandervank has chosen as main character of this scene something almost anecdotal; next to don Quixote, who is attacking the wineskins, appears Dorotea, turning her head to avoid seeing don Quixote; "que vió quan corta y sutilmente estaba vestido, no quiso entrar á ver la batalla de su ayudador" (35:1).
Dorotea´s figure (designed with an spiral movement) is excellently-drawn and engraved. In the background, Sancho, the innkeeper (both gesticulating), the priest and Cardenio. Drawing and engraving are excellent. |
| 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. |