Image	1801London-04-006
	Illustration No.	1
	Illustrator	Samuel Shelley
	Engraver	James Fittler
	Lithographer
	Title Caption	Don Quixote breaking the Nets
	Title Supplied
	Part	Part II, Madrid 1615
	Chapter	Chapter 58
	Subject
	Illustration Type	Chapter illustration
	Technique	Etching (acquaforte) Burin engraving
	Color	Black and white
	Volume	IV
	Page Number	f.p. 262
	Image Dimension	140 x 90
	Page Dimension	211 x 128
	Commentary	In the whole composition, the two shepherdesses, richly dressed, have been highlighted; their white dresses stand out over the dark background, where don Quixote and Sancho are almost hidden. Painter and engraver have recreated their dresses in a very remarkable and higly-detailed way. The gestures of the shepherdesses are theatrical, but good.
	Notes	Samuel Shelley (London, 1750 – London, 1808): painter, engraver and miniaturist. He began his instruction copying Sir Joshua Reynols’ works. He exposed at the Society of Artists of London, the Royal Academy, the British Institution and the Old Water Colours Society; Shelley was a founding member of this last institution. Shelley had a notable reputation as a miniaturist (Benezit IX, 565).