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	Image	s1725-London-VanderGucht-01-010
	Illustration No.	1
	Illustrator	Charles-Antoine Coypel (copied after)
	Engraver	Gerard van der Gucht (?)
	Lithographer
	Title Caption	Sancho sent by Don Quixote to the Dutchess, to beg leave to see her
	Title Supplied
	Part	Part II, Madrid 1615
	Chapter	Chapter 30
	Subject	30.1 DQ and SP meet the Duchess
	Illustration Type	Illustration
	Technique	Burin engraving
	Color	Black and white
	Volume	I
	Page Number	10
	Image Dimension	273 x 285
	Page Dimension	347 x 470
	Commentary	Sancho, pointing to don Quixote, introduces him to the Duchess, who rides a white horse and holds a goshawk (accurate to Cervantes' text). Don Quixote's figure, in the background, is bad. Just one maiden accompanies the Duchess; in other illustrations, her retinue is larger. Since Paris: Surugue, 1723, this gallant scene, with not many changes, is habitual in 18th and 19th centuries editions. Engraving of great quality. Drawing with some light disproportions (between the Duchess and her horse, for example) and some gestures are artificial (maiden), but good as a whole.
	Notes	1 - From set "Sold by G. Vander Gucht in Queen Street Bloomsbury" (London, c. 1725 or later); numbered as plate 10. 2 - Copy engraved by Gerard van der Gucht? after Coypel's illustration (Paris: Surugue, 1723); the composition has been turned in comparison with Coypel's, but they both have the same large horizontal format.