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Drawing and engraving are quite acceptable.
2 - Plate 2.
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| Image | 1747-Dublin-Wilson-01-004 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | John Vanderbank (copied after) |
| Engraver | Philip Simms |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | |
| Title Supplied | Scrutiny of don Quixote's library and housekeeper's fears |
| Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
| Chapter | Chapter 6 |
| Subject |
6.2 Scrutiny of DQ’s library |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
| Technique |
Burin engraving |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | I |
| Page Number | f.p. 194 |
| Image Dimension | 120 x 80 |
| Page Dimension | 172 x 97 |
| Commentary | In the center of the composition, the housekeeper, who "tornó luego con una escudilla de agua bendita, y un hisopo, y dijo: Tome vuestra Merced, Señor Licenciado, rocíe este aposento, no esté aquí algún encantador de los muchos que tienen estos libros, y nos encanten" (6:1); the priest, the niece and the barber listen to her.
Drawing and engraving are quite acceptable. |
| Notes | 1 - Turned copy after London: Tonson, 1738.
2 - Plate 2. |