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Etching (acquaforte)
Drawing and engraving are good (don Quixote's figure, furniture, books, arms...); not so the room, too small, cold and without details.
2 - Plate 2.
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| Image | 1788-London-Dodsley-01-004 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | John Vanderbank |
| Engraver | Gerard van der Gucht |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | |
| Title Supplied | Don Quixote at his library |
| Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
| Chapter | Chapter 1 |
| Subject |
1.1 DQ at his library reading chivalric novels |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
| Technique |
Burin engraving Etching (acquaforte) |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | I |
| Page Number | f.p. 1 |
| Image Dimension | 132 x 77 |
| Page Dimension | 170 x 95 |
| Commentary | Don Quixote, dressed as a 18th century English gentleman, reads peacefully while he observes his family arms (on the wall); these, far from looking like "tomadas de orín y llenas de moho, luengos siglos había, que estaban puestas y olvidadas en un rincón" (1:1), appear new and neat.
Drawing and engraving are good (don Quixote's figure, furniture, books, arms...); not so the room, too small, cold and without details. |
| Notes | 1 - Same plate first engraved for London: Tonson, 1749, now partially-erased (as used in 1766 too).
2 - Plate 2. |