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| Image | 1799-Paris-Didot-06-006 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier |
| Engraver | Jacques-Joseph Coiny |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | Mes amis, reprit le mourant, je vous demandois... je ne suis plus don Quichotte de la Manche. |
| Title Supplied | |
| Part | Part II, Madrid 1615 |
| Chapter | Chapter 74 |
| Subject |
74.1 DQ falls ill and recovers his sanity |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
| Technique |
Burin engraving |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | VI |
| Page Number | f.p. 222 |
| Image Dimension | 90 x 55 |
| Page Dimension | 130 x 75 |
| Commentary | Lebarbier has chosen the very instant when don Quixote recovers his reason and becomes Alonso Quijano again.
Center of the composition: don Quixote under a great canopy, emphasized by the light. In the foreground: Sancho (left) and the priest (right). In the background: the housekeeper, the niece, the barber, Sansón Carrasco and the notary. Don Quixote's face is remarkable; good drawing and fine engraving appropriate for the small format of the illustration. Emotional scene, with some drama (see housekeeper and niece's faces). |
| 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. |