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| Image | 1819a-Madrid-ImprentaReal-01-001 |
| Illustration No. | 1   |
| Illustrator | José Rivelles |
| Engraver | Tomás López Enguídanos |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | |
| Title Supplied | Don Quixote's dinner at the inn |
| Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
| Chapter | Chapter 2 |
| Subject |
2.4. DQ’s dinner at inn |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
| Technique |
Burin engraving Etching (acquaforte) |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | I |
| Page Number | f.p. 17 |
| Image Dimension | 125 x 74 |
| Page Dimension | 181 x 115 |
| Commentary | In the center, the innkeeper giving don Quixote to drink with a cane through his helmet; at both sides, a boy with a lamp (taken from the scene of don Quixote knighted), doña Tolosa and doña Molinera; also the swineherd accurate to Cervantes' text; "llegó acaso a la venta un castrador de puercos, y así como llegó sonó su silbato de cañas cuatro o cinco veces" (2:1).
Good composition almost copied from Antonio Rodríguez' (Madrid: Imprenta Real, 1797); now, the illustration is larger and the figures too. Detailed popular setting (architecture, the swineherd, a dog...). Excellent shading thanks to a masterly use of engraving. The effects of light from the little lamp on the left are remarkable. |
| Notes | 1 - Volume I should include a map ("Mapa de los sitios y Aventuras de D. Quijote"). |