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Image | 1895-London-Routledge-01-119 |
Illustration No. | 1   |
Illustrator | Tony Johannot |
Engraver | Andrew, Best & Leloir |
Lithographer | |
Title Caption | |
Title Supplied | Melisendra lowering herself from the tower |
Part | Part II, Madrid 1615 |
Chapter | Chapter 26 |
Subject |
26.2 Representation of Melisendra’s puppet show |
Illustration Type |
Vignette |
Technique |
Wood engraving or Xylography |
Color | Black and white |
Volume | I |
Page Number | 272 |
Image Dimension | 76 x 55 |
Page Dimension | 205 x 145 |
Commentary | Reference to don Gaiferos and Melisendra's puppet show. Johannot, with great originality, represents the characters as puppets; Melisendra lowers herself from the balcony of the tower, "Mas, ¡ay, sin ventura!, que se le ha asido una punta del faldellín de uno de los hierros del balcón, y está pendiente en el aire, sin poder llegar al suelo" (26:2); this detail has been included.
The artificial movement of the figure, a puppet, is specially comical. |
Notes | 1 - Same illus. reproduced after Paris: Dubochet, 1836-37. |