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In the background, the group of silk merchants (holding parasols accurate to Cervantes' text); several ordering the groom to stop.
Drawing and engraving are very remarkable; good and detailed illustration.
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| Image | 1833-Roma-Gentilucci-01-010 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Bartolomeo Pinelli |
| Engraver | Bartolomeo Pinelli |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | Il Campion delle Donne o avversa stella! / Non cadde nò, precipitò di sella. / E con impeto reo crudel Villano / Percuote, e insulta il Cavaliere Ispano. |
| Title Supplied | |
| Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
| Chapter | Chapter 4 |
| Subject |
4.4 Adventure of the merchants from Toledo |
| Illustration Type |
Illustration |
| Technique |
Etching (acquaforte) |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | I |
| Page Number | Plate 8 |
| Image Dimension | 252 x 320 |
| Page Dimension | 365 x 450 |
| Commentary | In the foreground, don Quixote fallen on the ground and beaten by a groom of the silk merchants; the groom beats don Quixote with his own broken lance.
In the background, the group of silk merchants (holding parasols accurate to Cervantes' text); several ordering the groom to stop. Drawing and engraving are very remarkable; good and detailed illustration. |
| Notes | 1 - Dated and signed in Rome, 1833. |