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Image | 1852-London-Willoughby-01-005 |
Illustration No. | 1   |
Illustrator | Tony Johannot |
Engraver | Andrew, Best & Leloir |
Lithographer | |
Title Caption | |
Title Supplied | Cervantes writing his prologue with a friend |
Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
Chapter | 03. Prologue |
Subject |
03.1 Cervantes writing prologue/story 03.2 Cervantes and his “friend” |
Illustration Type |
Vignette |
Technique |
Wood engraving or Xylography |
Color | Black and white |
Volume | I (bound with vol. II in tome I) |
Page Number | xx |
Image Dimension | 116 x 103 |
Page Dimension | 214 x 135 |
Commentary | Cervantes, in his prison in Argamasilla de Alba, receives the visit of a friend while writing his prologue. Cervantes asks him (see his gesture) for an advise to write it.
This scene is used as the most representative of the prologue. In a frame with Arabesque designs. |
Notes | 1 - Reprint of Johannot's illustration for Paris: Dubochet, 1836-37. |