3.2 Vigil of arms
Etching (acquaforte)
Scene represented almost like a bucolic moment at night.
Very good setting and good engraving.
2 - This scene was not represented in Madrid: Ibarra, 1780.
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| Image | 1782-Madrid-Ibarra-087 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Antonio Carnicero and Isidro Carnicero |
| Engraver | Francisco Muntaner |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | |
| Title Supplied | Don Quixote during the vigil of his arms |
| Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
| Chapter | Chapter 3 |
| Subject |
3.1 DQ at inn 3.2 Vigil of arms |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
| Technique |
Burin engraving Etching (acquaforte) |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | I |
| Page Number | f.p. 26 |
| Image Dimension | 125 x 73 |
| Page Dimension | 158 x 103 |
| Commentary | In the foreground, don Quixote in the inn courtyard during the vigil of his arms (accurate to Cervantes' text, placed on a water trough beside a well) while, from the background, a muleteer arrives to water his mules.
Scene represented almost like a bucolic moment at night. Very good setting and good engraving. |
| Notes | 1 - Signed in Madrid, 1781.
2 - This scene was not represented in Madrid: Ibarra, 1780. |