39.2 Captive’s tale
Excellent setting, drawing and engraving; notice the detailed clothes and the variety of characters.
The illustration is quite in keeping with Romanticism and Doré's taste for Orientalism; also for bloody episodes of the history.
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| Image | 1935-New-York-Jackson-02-034 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Paul Gustave Louis Christophe Doré |
| Engraver | Héliodore Joseph Pisan (reproduced by process) |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | LOS CUALES ALÁRABES LE CORTARON LA CABEZA Y SE LA TRUJERON AL GENERAL DE LA ARMADA TURQUESCA |
| Title Supplied | |
| Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
| Chapter | Chapter 39 |
| Subject |
39.1 Episode of the captive 39.2 Captive’s tale |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
| Technique |
Process / Photomechanical technique |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | II |
| Page Number | f.p. 150 |
| Image Dimension | 135 x 108 |
| Page Dimension | 217 x 155 |
| Commentary | Reference to the captive's tale; some Arabs cut John Andrea Doria's head off and carry it to the commander of the Turkish fleet.
Excellent setting, drawing and engraving; notice the detailed clothes and the variety of characters. The illustration is quite in keeping with Romanticism and Doré's taste for Orientalism; also for bloody episodes of the history. |
| Notes | 1 - Reproduced after Paris: Hachette, 1863. |