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Image | 1811-London-Stratford-02-004 |
Illustration No. | 1   |
Illustrator | Francis Hayman (copied after) |
Engraver | F. Deeves |
Lithographer | |
Title Caption | The Adventure with the Country Wenches. |
Title Supplied | |
Part | Part II, Madrid 1615 |
Chapter | Chapter 10 |
Subject |
10.2 The three labradoras 10.3 SP presents to DQ the enchanted Dulcinea |
Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
Technique |
Burin engraving |
Color | Black and white |
Volume | II (bound with volume I in tome I) |
Page Number | f.p. 173 |
Image Dimension | 120 x 90 |
Page Dimension | 209 x 125 |
Commentary | Don Quixote and Sancho kneel down before three peasant girls while Sancho introduces one of them as the enchanted Dulcinea and holds the reins of her donkey.
Scene resolved with 18th century conventional composition. Quite acceptable engraving. |
Notes | 1 - Copied after London: A. Millar, 1755.
2 - Placed according to its own reference in vol.II, book II, chap. 10; but it should be vol. II, book I, chap. 10. |