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Image 1804-London-Nicol-01-042 
Illustration No. 1     
Illustrator William Hogarth 
Engraver John Mills 
Lithographer  
Title Caption  
Title Supplied The priest and the barber disguised 
Part Part I, Madrid 1605  
Chapter Chapter 27 
Subject 27.4 Priest and barber disguise
 
Illustration Type Illustration
 
Technique Burin engraving
 
Color Black and white 
Volume III 
Page Number f.p. 310 
Image Dimension 130 x 99 
Page Dimension 230 x 135 
Commentary At the inn, the priest and the barber disguise with the help of the innkeeper's wife; the priest as a woman and the barber with an ox-tail as beard; Maritornes observes them laughing.
In the background, through the door, it appears Sancho eating.
Maritornes' figure, grotesque, is absolutely masterly; this kind of images were not in keeping with Carteret and Oldfield's taste, so it was rejected and Vanderbank did not represented this scene (London: Tonson, 1738).
Excellent drawing and engraving. 
Notes 1 - Same plate first engraved for Hogarth Illustrated (London: J. & J. Boydel, 1798, vol. 3).
2 - Re-engraved copy after Hogarth's illustration for London: Tonson, 1738; this is one of the 6 illustrations rejected by Carteret and Oldfield.
3 - "Esta es la escena en que el Cura y el Barbero se disfrazan, en la famosa venta, para que no les reconozca Don Quijote y así puedan inducirle a regresar a su casa. Es una interpretación quijotesca única, como otra igual ni parecida se haya visto, antes o después de Hogarth. La suave e intensa ironía del gran caricaturista campea en la estampa. Nadie más, que sepamos, ha representado esta misma escena. Aquí está la pérdida: Hogarth, como todo gran artista, descubre en el Quijote lo que otros no verán jamás" (Givanel 128).