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In the middle ground, Sancho gesticulating to stop his master.
In the background, the same barber running away.
Accurate to Cervantes' text, it had begun to rain.
Simple drawing and clumsy engraving.
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| Image | 1762-Barcelona-Jolis-01-014 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Unknown |
| Engraver | Unknown |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | |
| Title Supplied | Don Quixote attacks and defeats the barber |
| Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
| Chapter | Chapter 21 |
| Subject |
21.3 Adventure of the helmet of Mambrino |
| Illustration Type |
Vignette |
| Technique |
Woodcut |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | I |
| Page Number | 231 |
| Image Dimension | 61 x 78 |
| Page Dimension | 146 x 103 |
| Commentary | In the foreground, don Quixote attacking the barber, who throws himself from his mule to avoid the attack; on the ground, the barber basin.
In the middle ground, Sancho gesticulating to stop his master. In the background, the same barber running away. Accurate to Cervantes' text, it had begun to rain. Simple drawing and clumsy engraving. |
| Notes | 1 – Same wooden block first cut for Barcelona: Juan Jolis, 1755, copied after Madrid: Antonio Sanz, 1735. |