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1.2 Alonso Quixano (AQ) becomes the knight Don Quixote de la Mancha (DQ)
It could also be understood as Cervantes imagining don Quixote.
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| Image | 2001-Beijing-OctoberArts-01-014 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Salvador Dalí |
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| Title Caption | |
| Title Supplied | Don Quixote reading chivalry books |
| Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
| Chapter | Chapter 1 |
| Subject |
1.1 DQ at his library reading chivalric novels 1.2 Alonso Quixano (AQ) becomes the knight Don Quixote de la Mancha (DQ) |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
| Technique |
Process / Photomechanical technique |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | I |
| Page Number | f.p. 28 |
| Image Dimension | 133 x 133 |
| Page Dimension | 242 x 168 |
| Commentary | Alonso Quijano, reading chivalry books, becomes don Quixote; notice the double image of Alonso Quijano/don Quixote.
It could also be understood as Cervantes imagining don Quixote. |
| Notes | 1 - Same illustration first published in NY: Random House, 1946. |