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	Image	1836-1837-Paris-Dubochet-01-006
	Illustration No.	1
	Illustrator	Tony Johannot
	Engraver	Charles Thompson
	Lithographer
	Title Caption
	Title Supplied	Truth frightens off the monsters of Chivalry novels
	Part	Part I, Madrid 1605
	Chapter
	Subject
	Illustration Type	Tailpiece
	Technique	Wood engraving or Xylography
	Color	Black and white
	Volume	I
	Page Number	48
	Image Dimension	98 x 98
	Page Dimension	250 x 165
	Commentary	An allegory of Truth/Knowledge (a winged female figure with a flame over her head and holding a mirror) persecuting with a whip the monsters of Chivalry novels (Knights, dwarfs, dragons, enchanters...). Very interesting illustration with elements from allegorical 18th century editions and Romanticism 19th century editions.
	Notes	Compare with allegorical frontispieces in London: Millar, 1755; London: Cooke, 1774; and London: Hogg, 1794. Charles Thompson (London, 1791 – Bourg-la-Reine, 1843): Wood engraver. Brother and disciple of the well-known wood engraver John Thompson (Manchester, 1785 – Kensington, 1866); he was a disciple of Bewick too. In 1816, he settled in Paris, becoming a successful engraver; in 1824 he was awarded with a golden medal. Thompson elaborated plates for L’Histoire de l’Ancien et du Noveau Testament (1835), Fables de Fontaine (1836), Augustin Thierry’s Conquête d’Angleterre (1841) and Corrine (1841). His nephew, Charles Thurston Thompson (Peckham, 1818 – Paris, 1868), was a wood engraved too (Benezit X, 159).