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	Image	1782-London-Strahan-01-001-f
	Illustration No.	1
	Illustrator	Francis Hayman
	Engraver	G. V. Neist
	Lithographer
	Title Caption
	Title Supplied	Truth (Athena) and Comedy knock down the buildings of Knight Errant Novels
	Part	Part I, Madrid 1605
	Chapter	02. Frontispiece
	Subject	02.3 Allegorical/symbolic representations
	Illustration Type	Frontispiece
	Technique	Burin engraving
	Color	Black and white
	Volume	I
	Page Number	f. title page
	Image Dimension	131 x 76
	Page Dimension	171 x 100
	Commentary	In the foreground, Comedy (with comedy mask and sword) knocks down a gothic castle protected by a dragon (Knight Errant Books, Gothic literature); from a tower of this castle, a dwarf blows a horn (reference to chapter 2:1). In the background, in front of a classical temple, Athena (Wisdom or Truth with a shining shield) pushes away a deformed dwarf, a four-armed Moorish and a pair of shadows (don Quixote and Dulcinea or doña Rodríguez? Durandarte and Belerma?). This frontispiece continues the liking for allegorical frontispieces that began with Coypel (Paris: Surugue, 1723 - 1724) and with Vanderbank (London: Tonson, 1738). Despite some light faults, engraving and drawing are very remarkable.
	Notes	1 – Copy in reduced format after Hayman’s design for London: Millar, 1755. 2 – Same plate first engraved for London: T. Osborne, 1761 (2nd edition of T. Smollet’s translation).