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In the background, the Duke embracing the Duchess.
In the foreground, but just at one side, the humorous part: Sancho runs away climbing up a tree.
Quite acceptable engraving.
2 - Plate without number.
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| Image | 1783-Dublin-Graisberry-03-006 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Charles-Antoine Coypel (copied after) |
| Engraver | Unknown |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | Cowardice of Sancho at a Boar-hunting. |
| Title Supplied | |
| Part | Part II, Madrid 1615 |
| Chapter | Chapter 34 |
| Subject |
34.1 Night procession and hunt |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
| Technique |
Burin engraving |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | III |
| Page Number | f.p. 267 |
| Image Dimension | 122 x 75 |
| Page Dimension | 180 [173] x 108 |
| Commentary | In the center of the composition, don Quixote driving his sword into an enormous wild boar surrounded by hunting dogs.
In the background, the Duke embracing the Duchess. In the foreground, but just at one side, the humorous part: Sancho runs away climbing up a tree. Quite acceptable 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 without number. |