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Image | c1750-Paris-Poilly-01-011 |
Illustration No. | 1   |
Illustrator | Nicolas Jean-Baptiste Poilly (?) (after Bouttats-Clouzier) |
Engraver | Nicolas Jean-Baptiste Poilly (?) |
Lithographer | |
Title Caption | DON QUICHOTTE / Don Quichotte saute promptement à terre... |
Title Supplied | |
Part | Part II, Madrid 1615 |
Chapter | Chapter 17 |
Subject |
17.2 Adventure of the lion |
Illustration Type |
Illustration |
Technique |
Burin engraving |
Color | Black and white |
Volume | I |
Page Number | 10 (14) |
Image Dimension | 445 x 670 |
Page Dimension | 515 x 744 |
Commentary | Don Quixote, brandishing his sword, tries to fight with a lion, but the animal remains into its cage althought the lion-keeper has opened it; in the background, sancho, don Diego de Miranda, anbd the carter running awy.
French setting; quite acceptable drawing and engraving. |
Notes | 1 - Captions in French and Spanish.
2 - Compare with Bouttats-Clouzier's design (Paris: Compagnie des Libraires, 1700). |