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Etching (acquaforte)
Forced position and gesture.
Details from the text: arms abandoned at a corner, the skinny greyhound...
Interest in a realistic setting (period clothes and furniture).
Good drawing and engraving.
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| Image | 1814-Paris-Masson-02-002 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | José del Castillo (copied after) |
| Engraver | Unknown |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | |
| Title Supplied | Don Quixote reading chivalry books at his library |
| 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 | II |
| Page Number | f.p. 10 |
| Image Dimension | 101 x 62 |
| Page Dimension | 200 x 124 |
| Commentary | Don Quixote, reading chivalry books in his library, becomes mad (see his gesture and eyes).
Forced position and gesture. Details from the text: arms abandoned at a corner, the skinny greyhound... Interest in a realistic setting (period clothes and furniture). Good drawing and engraving. |
| Notes | 1 – Copy in a reduced size after José del Castillo’s illustration for Madrid: Ibarra, 1780. |