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| Image | 1842-Mexico-Cumplido-01-006-p |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Joaquín Heredia (after Tony Johannot and José del Castillo ) |
| Engraver | |
| Lithographer | Oficina Litotipográfica de Miguel Ángel Porrúa |
| Title Caption | Miguel de Cerbantes |
| Title Supplied | |
| Part | |
| Chapter | |
| Subject | |
| Illustration Type |
Portrait |
| Technique |
Lithography |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | I |
| Page Number | After title page |
| Image Dimension | 180 x 130 |
| Page Dimension | 250 x 175 |
| Commentary | Cervantes' portrait based on José del Castillo´s design for Madrid: Ibarra, 1780 (copied and modified in later editions).
The ornamental frame includes several scenes (after Tony Johannot, Paris: Dubochet, 1836-37) about Cervantes' life: a) Lepanto battle; b) Cervantes holding Don Quixote; c) Readers of Don Quixote; d) Cervantes writing his prologue with a friend; f) Cervantes and Lope de Rueda. |
| Notes | 1 - Reprint of the original lithograph (Mexico: Masse y Decaen; I. Cumplido, 1842). |