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	Image	1820-London-Hurst-01-001
	Illustration No.	1
	Illustrator	Richard Westall
	Engraver	Charles Heath
	Lithographer
	Title Caption
	Title Supplied	Don Quixote tries to convince Sancho of being his squire
	Part	Part I, Madrid 1605
	Chapter	Chapter 7
	Subject	7.3 Preparations for second sally 7.4 Sancho Panza agrees to be his squire 7.5 Promise of an island (insula)
	Illustration Type	Chapter illustration
	Technique	Burin engraving Etching (acquaforte)
	Color	Black and white
	Volume	I
	Page Number	prev. to vignetted frontispiece
	Image Dimension	81 x 67
	Page Dimension	155 x 97
	Commentary	Don Quixote promises Sancho the government of an island if he accepts to be his squire. Their faces are very hard, with very marked features. Simple composition, with both characters in dialog. Good shading in faces (see stipple engraving).
	Notes	Wrongly placed before the vignetted frontispiece; it includes the reference "Page 61". Richard Westall (Hertford, 1765 – London, 1836): History, landscape and genre painter, book illustrator and burin engraver. He was apprenticed to a heraldic silver engraver in London in 1779 before studying at the Royal Academy School of Art from 1785. He exhibited at the Academy regularly between 1784 and 1836, became an Associate in 1792 and was elected an Academician in 1794. His works –many in water-color– include portraits (including Queen Victoria, Lord Byron and Richard Ayton), many elegant and historical subjects of a neo-classical nature and book illustrations, more interested in being imaginative than accurate (including an edition of the Bible and of John Milton’s Poems). He worked for the noted publisher John Boydell. He also served as drawing master to Princess, later Queen Victoria since 1827 till his death (Benezit X, 705). Charles Heath “the elder” (¿?, 1785 – London, 1848): Watercolorist and burin engraver. He was the son of the burin engraver James Heath (London, 1757 – London, 1834). Charles Heath engraved views and mythological scenes. Between 1801 and 1825, he exposed at the Royal Academy and at Suffolk Street. He became a member of the Society of British Artists. His son, Charles Heath “the young” was a portrait painter and en engraver too. Charles Heath "the elder" engraved two chapter illustrations for Don Quixote edition with Smirke's designs (London: Cadell & Davies, 1818)(Benezit V, 447).