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| Image | 1749-London-02-011a |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | John Vanderbank |
| Engraver | Gerard van der Gucht |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | |
| Title Supplied | Altisidora's mock farewell |
| Part | Part II, Madrid 1615 |
| Chapter | Chapter 57 |
| Subject |
57.1 DQ leaves duke’s palace 57.2 Altisidora’s false love for DQ |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
| Technique |
Burin engraving Etching (acquaforte) |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | II |
| Page Number | f.p. 327 |
| Image Dimension | 130 x 87 |
| Page Dimension | 205 x 125 |
| Commentary | Don Quixote and Sancho are saying goodbye to the Duke and the Duchess when Altisidora appears to demand three night-coifs and a pair of garters.
Wrongly-set scene. Vanderbank has represented the characters into a room, but Cervantes describes them at the palace courtyard. Figures of excellent drawing and engraving; Altisidora (of great beauty and carefully-done gesture) is specially remarkable. |
| 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. |