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| Image | 1819b-Madrid-Imprenta-01-003-p |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Blas Ametller |
| Engraver | Blas Ametller |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | MIGUEL DE CERVANTES SAAVEDRA. |
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| Subject | |
| Illustration Type |
Frontispiece Portrait |
| Technique |
Burin engraving |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | 1 |
| Page Number | f. title page |
| Image Dimension | 125 x 74 |
| Page Dimension | 181 x 115 |
| Commentary | Cervantes' portrait in an oval frame with his name.
Underneath, a pedestal with an ouroboros (snake forming a circle), bifront Janus (Roman god that could see past and future), a laurel wreath and the inscription "VIVET ET A NULLO TENEBRIS DAMNABITUR AEVO. Lucano" (It [the poem] will live and it won’t be condemned to darkness by no generation; Lucan’s Pharsalia, IX. 986); all symbols about fame, prudence, and inmortality. Good engraving. |
| Notes | 1 - Based on José del Castillo's Cervantes portrait (Madrid: Ibarra, 1780). |