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Image | 1765-London-04-007 |
Illustration No. | 1   |
Illustrator | Francis Hayman |
Engraver | G. V. Neist |
Lithographer | |
Title Caption | |
Title Supplied | Sancho returns at home |
Part | Part II, Madrid 1615 |
Chapter | Chapter 73 |
Subject |
73.3 DQ and SP returns to their houses |
Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
Technique |
Burin engraving |
Color | Black and white |
Volume | IV |
Page Number | f.p. 309 |
Image Dimension | 131 x 76 |
Page Dimension | 160 x 95 |
Commentary | Sancho and don Quixote returns to their village.
In the foreground, Sancho is welcome by his wife and daughter (realistic figures). Sancho's donkey carries the clothes of Altisidora's episode (the mitre should be a capirote with painted devils). In the background, don Quixote, the priest, the barber and the housekeeper. As an habitual anecdotal detail in Hayman's illustrations, there is one dog. Hayman chooses this episode as last illustration, not don Quixote's last will or death. Excellent drawing and engraving. |
Notes | 1 – Copy in reduced format after Ravenet’s plate with Hayman’s design for London: Millar, 1755.
2 – Same plate first engraved for London: T. Osborne, 1761 (2nd edition of T. Smollet’s translation). |