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Simple composition (all the characters in the foreground), but detailed and good setting (see accurate details: "tobosescas tinajas" or large pitchers).
2 - Dated "an VII" (1799).
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| Image | 1799-Paris-Didot-04-006 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier |
| Engraver | Charles-Etienne (Stephen) Gaucher |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | Don Quichotte vient avec beaucoup de courtoisie baiser la main de dona Christine. |
| Title Supplied | |
| Part | Part II, Madrid 1615 |
| Chapter | Chapter 18 |
| Subject |
18.1 DQ arrives at Don Diego’s house |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
| Technique |
Burin engraving |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | IV |
| Page Number | f.p. 198 |
| Image Dimension | 90 x 53 |
| Page Dimension | 130 x 75 |
| Commentary | Original choice; don Quixote and Sancho Panza arrive at don Diego de Miranda's house, where they meet don Diego's wife, doña Cristina, and their son, don Lorenzo.
Simple composition (all the characters in the foreground), but detailed and good setting (see accurate details: "tobosescas tinajas" or large pitchers). |
| 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.
2 - Dated "an VII" (1799). |