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Image | s1725-London-VanderGucht-01-015 |
Illustration No. | 1   |
Illustrator | Charles-Antoine Coypel (copied after) |
Engraver | Gerard van der Gucht (?) |
Lithographer | |
Title Caption | Don Quixote takes the barbers bason for the Helmet of Mambrin |
Title Supplied | |
Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
Chapter | Chapter 21 |
Subject |
21.3 Adventure of the helmet of Mambrino |
Illustration Type |
Illustration |
Technique |
Burin engraving |
Color | Black and white |
Volume | I |
Page Number | 15 |
Image Dimension | 266 x 284 |
Page Dimension | 347 x 470 |
Commentary | In the foreground, don Quixote, with great dignity, puts the barber basin on his head, while Sancho Panza laughs.
In the background, the barber running away and leaving his mule fallen. On the left, two women observe the scene (not from Cervantes' text). Well-detailed drawing and engraving. See rainbow in the background; it has rained at the beginning of this episode. Drawing and engraving are masterly. |
Notes | 1 - From set "Sold by G. Vander Gucht in Queen Street Bloomsbury" (London, c. 1728-30 or later); numbered as plate 15.
2 - Copy engraved by Gerard van der Gucht? after Coypel's illustration (Paris: Surugue, c. 1728-30); the composition has been turned in comparison with Coypel's, but they both have the same large horizontal format. |