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Image 1862-1863-Madrid-02-006 
Illustration No. 1     
Illustrator Antonio Carnicero 
Engraver JoaquĆ­n Ballester 
Lithographer  
Title Caption  
Title Supplied Don Quixote and the lion 
Part Part II, Madrid 1615  
Chapter Chapter 17 
Subject 17.2 Adventure of the lion
 
Illustration Type Chapter illustration
 
Technique Burin engraving
 
Color Black and white 
Volume II 
Page Number f.p. 99 
Image Dimension 213 x 144 
Page Dimension 350 x 262 
Commentary In the foreground, don Quixote standing up before the cart ready to fight with the lion; the lionkeeper on the cart has just opened the cage.
In the background, Sancho Panza, don Diego de Miranda and the carter running away.
Well-known scene since Savery (Dordrecht: Savery, 1657), whose composition has been almost copied.
Cold engraving.
Illustration without originality. 
Notes 1 - Same plate first used for Madrid: Ibarra, 1780.