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| Image | 1958-Madrid-Editoria-Nacional-01-015 |
| Illustration No. | 1   |
| Illustrator | Jérôme David |
| Engraver | Jérôme David (process reproduction after) |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | Le Grand et Sanglant combat de D. Quixot contre le Biscain |
| Title Supplied | |
| Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
| Chapter | Chapter 8 |
| Subject |
8.4 Adventure with the Basque |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
| Technique |
Process / Photomechanical technique |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | I |
| Page Number | 45 (plate 12) |
| Image Dimension | 191 x 170 |
| Page Dimension | 350 x 245 |
| Commentary | Don Quixote, mounted on Rocinante and raising his sword, and the Basque, on his mule and protecting himself with a cushion, charge against each other; in the background, Sancho beaten up by the Benedictine monks' groom (left), and the carriage with the basque ladies (right).
Crude but expressive drawing/engraving style; monumental figures. |
| Notes | 1 - Edited by Jacques Lagniet ("I. Lagniet exc.[udit]").
2 - Process reproduction after burin engraving first published c. 1650-52. 3 - Original drawing by Jérôme David in The Hispanic Society of America in New York. |