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Image | 1799-Paris-Didot-02-005 |
Illustration No. | 1   |
Illustrator | Claude? Lefebvre |
Engraver | Jacques-Joseph Coiny |
Lithographer | |
Title Caption | Pour démêler ses beaux cheveux dont elle fut toute couverte, elle n'employa que ses doigts. |
Title Supplied | |
Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
Chapter | Chapter 28 |
Subject |
28.1 Priest, barber and Cardenio encounter Dorotea |
Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
Technique |
Burin engraving |
Color | Black and white |
Volume | II |
Page Number | f.p. 195 |
Image Dimension | 87 x 53 |
Page Dimension | 130 x 75 |
Commentary | Well-known scene in 18th century editions since Coypel (Paris: Surugue, c. 1734), Vanderbank (London: Tonson, 1738) or Hayman (London: Millar, 1755).
Composition without many changes: in the foreground, Dorotea washing her feet into a stream and "combing" her hair. From the background, the priest, the barber and Cardenio observe her. Small illustration, but with excellent drawing and engraving; Dorotea's figure of great beauty. |
Notes | 1 - Same plate first engraved for Paris: Didot L'Aîné-Deterville, 1799 (1st ed.), but now (2nd ed.) without frame and re-engraved signature. |