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Image | 1853-NewYork-Appleton-01-008 |
Illustration No. | 1   |
Illustrator | John Gilbert (copied after) |
Engraver | John William Orr |
Lithographer | |
Title Caption | |
Title Supplied | Don Quixote returning to his home in an oxcart |
Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
Chapter | Chapter 52 |
Subject |
52.3 Arrival of DQ and Sancho to their village |
Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
Technique |
Wood engraving or Xylography |
Color | Black and white |
Volume | I |
Page Number | f.p. 225 |
Image Dimension | 111 x 93 |
Page Dimension | 229 x 145 |
Commentary | Don Quixote returns to his house into a cage on an oxcart and is received by the housekeeper and his niece.
Print of great quality where three faces have been highlighted: the ones of don Quixote, sticking out his head through the bars of the cage, the housekeeper and the niece; their expressions are excellent. Certain picturesquism in details (the carter, the church tower, the dog, the cart...). |
Notes | 1 - Wrongly-placed in chapter 46:1; it corresponds to chapter 52:1. This mistake is due to a different reading of the scene: don Quixote leaving the inn while the innkeeper's wife and her daughter pretend to cry.
2 - Excellent and highly-detailed copy after Gilbert's illustration (London: Charles Daly, 1842 and London: Bohn, 1842). |