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Image 1862-1863-Madrid-02-003 
Illustration No. 1     
Illustrator Bernardo Barranco 
Engraver Francisco Muntaner 
Lithographer  
Title Caption  
Title Supplied Sansón Carrasco porposes don Quixote to be his squire 
Part Part II, Madrid 1615  
Chapter Chapter 7 
Subject 7.2 Sansón Carrasco proposes DQ to be his squire
 
Illustration Type Chapter illustration
 
Technique Burin engraving
 
Color Black and white 
Volume II 
Page Number f.p. 38 
Image Dimension 208 x 144 
Page Dimension 350 x 262 
Commentary Sansón Carrasco proposes don Quixote to be his squire, which causes Sancho´s sadness; well-represented action through gestures.
Cervantes says nothing about the presence of the housekeeper and the niece in this moment; they both have been included because of a later reference: "Las maldiciones que las dos, Ama y Sobrina echaran al Bachiller, no tuvieron cuento" (7:2).
Housekeeper's expression is forced; the niece without expression.
Realistic setting. 
Notes 1 - Same plate first used for Madrid: Ibarra, 1780.