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Don Quixote's figure is good.
On the right, the innkeeper and Sancho entering in the room.
Well-known scene; good drawing and engraving.
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| Image | 1848-Tours-Mame-01-013 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Jean-Ignace-Isidore Gérard Grandville |
| Engraver | Barbant |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | Il croyait être aux prises avec son ennemi, et lui donner tous les coups qu'il portait; mais par malheur la plupart étaient tombés sur des outres de vin, et la chambre en était inondée. |
| Title Supplied | |
| Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
| Chapter | Chapter 35 |
| Subject |
35.2 Adventure of wineskins |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
| Technique |
Wood engraving or Xylography |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | I |
| Page Number | f.p. 275 |
| Image Dimension | 125 x 95 |
| Page Dimension | 197 x 120 |
| Commentary | In the center of the composition, don Quixote in shirt and asleep brandishing his sword against the wineskins; accurate to Cervantes' text, he has wrapped his arm with a blanket.
Don Quixote's figure is good. On the right, the innkeeper and Sancho entering in the room. Well-known scene; good drawing and engraving. |
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