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41.2 DQ and SP fly on Clavileño
In the background, the Duke and Duchess observing the scene.
Drawing and engraving are quite acceptable; good light and shadow contrasts.
2 - Signed as "R. 1825".
3 - Placed as frontispiece.
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| Image | 1825-Berlin-04-001-f |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Charles-Antoine Coypel (copied after) |
| Engraver | Johann Friedrich Rosmäsler |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | |
| Title Supplied | Don Quixote and Sancho on Clavileño |
| Part | Part II, Madrid 1615 |
| Chapter | Chapter 41 |
| Subject |
41.1 Adventure of Clavileño 41.2 DQ and SP fly on Clavileño |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
| Technique |
Burin engraving |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | VII (bound with vol. VIII in tome IV) |
| Page Number | f. title page |
| Image Dimension | 77 x 55 |
| Page Dimension | 105 x 76 |
| Commentary | In the foreground, don Quixote and Sancho, both blindfold, mounted on Clavileño while a pair of servants simulate its fight with a pair of bellows and a torch; the firecrackers inside Clavileño have been lighted.
In the background, the Duke and Duchess observing the scene. Drawing and engraving are quite acceptable; good light and shadow contrasts. |
| Notes | 1 - Simplified copy after Coypel's illustration (Paris: Surugue, c. 1728-30).
2 - Signed as "R. 1825". 3 - Placed as frontispiece. |