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The gesture of the farmer, frightened, is especially remarkable.
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| Image | 1852-London-Willoughby-01-493 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Tony Johannot |
| Engraver | A. Cavenne & Henri Désiré Porret |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | |
| Title Supplied | Sancho threatening the farmer of Miguelturra with his chair |
| Part | Part II, Madrid 1615 |
| Chapter | Chapter 47 |
| Subject |
47.2 A farmer asks SP money for his son |
| Illustration Type |
Vignette |
| Technique |
Wood engraving or Xylography |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | II (bound with vol. I in tome I) |
| Page Number | 198 |
| Image Dimension | 130 x 84 |
| Page Dimension | 214 x 135 |
| Commentary | After listening to the farmer's petition, Sancho, seizing the chair he had been sitting on, threatens him with laying his head open with the chair if he does not leave immediately (accurate to Cervantes' text).
The gesture of the farmer, frightened, is especially remarkable. |
| Notes | 1 - Reprint of Johannot's illustration for Paris: Dubochet, 1836-37. |