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Scene with little novelty.
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| Image | 1842-Mexico-Cumplido-02-023 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Joaquín Heredia (after Tony Johannot ) |
| Engraver | |
| Lithographer | Oficina Litotipográfica de Miguel Ángel Porrúa |
| Title Caption | |
| Title Supplied | Don Quixote and the lion |
| Part | Part II, Madrid 1615 |
| Chapter | Chapter 17 |
| Subject |
17.2 Adventure of the lion |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
| Technique |
Lithography |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | II |
| Page Number | f.p. 104 |
| Image Dimension | 175 x 115 |
| Page Dimension | 250 x 175 |
| Commentary | Well-known scene since Savery (Dordrecht: Savery, 1657); Johannot/Heredia has limited the scene to don Quixote, ready to attack, and the lion in its cage; neither Sancho, nor don Diego, nor the carter, nor the lionkeeper appear.
Scene with little novelty. |
| Notes | 1 - Reprint of the original lithograph (Mexico: Masse y Decaen; I. Cumplido, 1842) after Johannot's design (Paris: Dubochet, 1836-37). |