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Image | 1798 Paris-01-004 |
Illustration No. | 1   |
Illustrator | Charles-Antoine Coypel (copied after) |
Engraver | J. d. Coulet (?) |
Lithographer | |
Title Caption | |
Title Supplied | Don Quixote knighted by the innkeeper |
Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
Chapter | Chapter 3 |
Subject |
3.4 DQ knighted at inn by innkeeper |
Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
Technique |
Burin engraving Etching (acquaforte) |
Color | Black and white |
Volume | I |
Page Number | f.p. 17 |
Image Dimension | 124 x 77 |
Page Dimension | 190 x 122 |
Commentary | Accurate to Cervantes' text, the innkeeper, holding a sword and a book, knights don Quixote, knelt before him.
Doña Tolosa (figure of great beauty) holds don Quixote's sword and doña Molinera a shield. It also appears the boy with a candle. Two other women do not belong to Cervantes' text. Drawing and engraving are unequal in quality, but acceptable. |
Notes | 1 - Plate III.
2 - Surrounded by a strong line enclosing underneath a space for inscription, which however has been left blank. 3 - Copy after Coypel's illustration (Paris: Surugue, 1724). 4 - Probably, the copy has been done after the plate for Paris/La Haye: Chez Bleuet, 1774, which has a similar frame and underneath space but with caption. 5 - The plate is not signed. |