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| Image | 1820-London-Rivington-01-005 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Unknown |
| Engraver | Unknown |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | EXAMINATION OF DON QUIXOTE'S LIBRARY. |
| Title Supplied | |
| Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
| Chapter | Chapter 6 |
| Subject |
6.2 Scrutiny of DQ’s library |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
| Technique |
Aquatint Etching (acquaforte) |
| Color | Colored |
| Volume | I |
| Page Number | f.p. 175 |
| Image Dimension | 173 x 115 |
| Page Dimension | 224 x 138 |
| Commentary | At don Quixote's library, the priest, barber and housekeeper reading one of the chivalry books while the niece throws one of them through the window.
Very detailed setting (books, sand-glass, arms...). Drawing and engraving are especially remarkable; good use of aquatint for shading and carefully-done coloring. Illustration quite picturesque. |
| Notes | 1 - In this summary, chapter 6:1 has been placed as the first chapter of part II; so this illustration has been placed at the beginning of part II.
2 - Also used as frontispiece for the work Cervantes as a novelist (London: Longman, Hurst and others, 1822). |