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Image | 1839-London-Tegg-01-001-p |
Illustration No. | 1   |
Illustrator | Gregorio Ferro / Fernando Selma (based on) |
Engraver | William Dean Taylor |
Lithographer | |
Title Caption | Cervantes. Engraved by Dean from the Spanish Print by Selma. |
Title Supplied | |
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Chapter | |
Subject | |
Illustration Type |
Frontispiece Portrait |
Technique |
Burin engraving Stipple / Crayon manner |
Color | Black and white |
Volume | I |
Page Number | f. title page |
Image Dimension | 101 x 76 |
Page Dimension | 147 x 90 |
Commentary | Cervantes' portrait based on Gregorio Ferro and Fernando Selma's print for Retratos de los Españoles Ilustres, con un epítome de sus vidas (Madrid: Imprenta Real, 1791).
Masterful engraving; excellent modelling and shading. |
Notes | 1 - Also in London: George Bell & Sons, 1882. |