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| Image | 1893-New-York-Dodd-01-005 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | George Cruikshank |
| Engraver | George Cruikshank (reproduced by process) |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | THE DON ATTACKING THE WIND MILLS. |
| Title Supplied | |
| Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
| Chapter | Chapter 8 |
| Subject |
8.2 Adventure of the windmills (giants) |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
| Technique |
Etching (acquaforte) Process / Photomechanical technique |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | I |
| Page Number | f.p. 204 |
| Image Dimension | 95 x 78 |
| Page Dimension | 170 x 118 |
| Commentary | Don Quixote, mounted on Rocinante, charges against the windmills (foreground).
Sancho remains mounted on his donkey in the foreground gesticulating. Composition with little novelty. Dutch windmills. Notice Cruikshank's personal style of free, short and quick etching lines. |
| Notes | 1 - Reproduced after London: Wilson, 1833.
2 - Compare with another illus. by the same illustrator about the same episode for London: Knight & Lacey, 1824. |