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Image 1836-1837-Paris-Dubochet-01-338 
Illustration No. 1     
Illustrator Tony Johannot 
Engraver Andrew, Best & Leloir 
Lithographer  
Title Caption  
Title Supplied The Knight of the Lake taken by a damsel to a castle 
Part Part I, Madrid 1605  
Chapter Chapter 50 
Subject 50.1 DQ’s tale of the knight of the lake in defense of chivalric fiction
 
Illustration Type Vignette
 
Technique Wood engraving or Xylography
 
Color Black and white 
Volume
Page Number 703 
Image Dimension 150 x 85 
Page Dimension 250 x 165 
Commentary Reference to the Knight of the Lake's tale as told by don Quixote to the canon; the Knight is received by several damsels and one of them takes him into the castle; "y tomar luego la que parecía principal de todas por la mano al atrevido caballero que se arrojó en el ferviente lago, y llevarle, sin hablarle palabra, dentro del rico alcázar o castillo" (50:1).
Scene in keeping with Romanticism taste; medieval and orientalist setting. 
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