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	Image	1756-London-Tonson-01-041
	Illustration No.	1
	Illustrator	John Vanderbank
	Engraver	Gerard van der Gucht
	Lithographer
	Title Caption
	Title Supplied	Don Quixote's speech about the barber basin (Mambrino's helmet) and the packsaddle
	Part	Part I, Madrid 1605
	Chapter	Chapter 44
	Subject	44.3 Beginning of the dispute about the packsaddle
	Illustration Type	Chapter illustration
	Technique	Burin engraving Etching (acquaforte)
	Color	Black and white
	Volume	I
	Page Number	f.p. 323
	Image Dimension	250 x 182
	Page Dimension	287 x 225
	Commentary	This episode was first represented by Savery (Dordrecht: Savery, 1657), but he selected the fight; Oldfield and Vanderbank have chosen a speech. Don Quixote, holding the barber basin, tries to convince the barber (#2) of the real nature of the basin (Mambrino's helmet). Don Fernando, the priest, the barber (Maese Pedro) and Sancho Panza observe them. Next to Sancho, the packsaddle that he disputed with the barber (#2). The scene is comical because of the dialogue, not because of the action. Drawing and engraving are masterly.
	Notes	1 - Same plate from London: Tonson, 1738 Spanish edition and London: Tonson, 1742 English edition. 2 -"Esta escena, tan plácida y sosegada, es nada menos que la tremenda disputa sobre si la bacía era o no era el yelmo de Mambrino. Es imposible, sobre todo, prever que esa tranquila y mesurada conversación va a terminar en la descomunal sarracina que a Don Quijote le hizo recordar el campo de Agramante. Estos gentlemen quijotescos [...] discuten con toda flema, con breves frases, casi sin gestos; lo cual no excluye una verdadera pasión, pero concentrada y oculta, capaz de dar (como va a ocurrir aquí, en el Quijote), una vez agotados todos los razonamientos, en incalculable estallido" (Givanel 124-126).