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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. |