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Sancho's figure looks like a child.
2 - Wrongly-placed in chapter 25:1.
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| Image | 1822-Paris-Mequignon-01-010 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Robert Smirke |
| Engraver | Unknown |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | |
| Title Supplied | The bojiganga stealing Sancho's donkey |
| Part | Part II, Madrid 1615 |
| Chapter | Chapter 11 |
| Subject |
11.1 Adventure of the cart of actors; “cortes de la muerte” |
| Illustration Type |
Vignette |
| Technique |
Burin engraving |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | I |
| Page Number | f.p. 446 |
| Image Dimension | 52 x 70 |
| Page Dimension | 207 x 127 |
| Commentary | Well-known scene since Savery (Dordrecht: Savery, 1657), but now it has been reduced to three basic characters; Sancho Panza goes to help don Quixote (fallen with Rocinante in the background), while the bojiganga steals his donkey.
Sancho's figure looks like a child. |
| Notes | 1 - Extra-illustration taken from set by Smirke for London: Cadell & Davies, 1818 and included in this unique copy (not in the edition).
2 - Wrongly-placed in chapter 25:1. |