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| Image | 1792-London-Rivington-01-001 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Unknown |
| Engraver | Unknown |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | Don Quixote begging of his Landlord to knight him |
| Title Supplied | |
| Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
| Chapter | Chapter 3 |
| Subject |
3.1 DQ at inn |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
| Technique |
Burin engraving |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | I |
| Page Number | f. title page |
| Image Dimension | 118 x 82 |
| Page Dimension | 174 x 101 |
| Commentary | Don Quixote, knelt down, begs the innkeeper to knight him; the scene has been placed at the inn stable, accurate to Cervantes' text.
Notice the short burin lines to shade the figures with good quality; also the use of stipple for the faces (see the innkeeper). |
| Notes | 1 - The illustration has been placed as a frontispiece.
2 - It is dated on September 1, 1792. 3 - This illustration was newly engraved for New York: E. Duyckinck, 1825. |