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| Image | 1783-Dublin-Graisberry-02-003 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Charles-Antoine Coypel (copied after) |
| Engraver | Unknown |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | The false Princess of Micomicon solicits Don Quixote to restore her to her Kingdom. |
| Title Supplied | |
| Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
| Chapter | Chapter 29 |
| Subject |
29.3 Dorotea kneels before DQ |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
| Technique |
Burin engraving |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | II |
| Page Number | f.p. 24 |
| Image Dimension | 122 x 75 |
| Page Dimension | 180 [157] x 108 |
| Commentary | The scene is resolved with the basic composition.
Micomicona (Dorotea) kneels down before don Quixote and the knight tries to prevent her from doing it. The barber, also knelt and disguised with a beard (ox tail), laughs, while Sancho holds the barber basin. Behind the trees, the priest and Cardenio are hidden. Acceptable drawing and engraving. |
| Notes | 1 - Copied with caption in English after Haia: P. Gosse y A. Moetjens, 1744, or Amsterdam y Leipzig: Arkstée & Merkus, 1755.
2 - Plate 5. |