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| Image | 1810-London-Miller-01-006 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | José del Castillo (copied after) |
| Engraver | William Byrne |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | Don Quixote in his Study |
| Title Supplied | |
| Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
| Chapter | Chapter 1 |
| Subject |
1.1 DQ at his library reading chivalric novels |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
| Technique |
Burin engraving Etching (acquaforte) |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | I |
| Page Number | f.p. 1 |
| Image Dimension | 140 x 93 |
| Page Dimension | 205 x 125 |
| Commentary | Don Quixote, reading chivalric books at his library (Amadís de Gaula), becomes mad (see his gesture and eyes). Forced position and gesture. Details from the text: arms abandoned at a corner, the skinny greyhound...
Interest by a realistic setting (period clothes and furniture). Lack of skill in some engraving details (don Quixote's hands and face, the greyhound...). |
| Notes | 1 - Same plate first engraved for London: William Miller, 1801.
2 - Copied after José del Castillo and Manuel Salvador y Carmona's illustration (Madrid: Ibarra, 1780). |