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Image 1862-1863-Madrid-02-017 
Illustration No. 1     
Illustrator Gregorio Ferro 
Engraver Francisco Muntaner 
Lithographer  
Title Caption  
Title Supplied Sancho catches the hare that don Quixote interprets as a bad omen 
Part Part II, Madrid 1615  
Chapter Chapter 73 
Subject 73.1 Omens about Dulcinea and DQ
 
Illustration Type Chapter illustration
 
Technique Burin engraving
 
Color Black and white 
Volume II 
Page Number f.p. 421 
Image Dimension 210 x 145 
Page Dimension 350 x 262 
Commentary Original scene.
Returning to their village, don Quixote and Sancho find one hare chased by greyhounds; don Quixote interprets it as a bad omen about Dulcinea and Sancho saves the hare to break the bad omen; "presupongamos que esta liebre es Dulcinea del Toboso, y estos galgos que la persiguen son los malandrines encantadores que la transformaron en una labradora: ella huye, yo la cojo, y la pongo en poder de vuesa merced que la tiene en sus brazos y la regala" (73:2).
In the foreground, two boys argue about a cage with crickets.
From the background, the hunters appear searching their hare.
Sancho's donkey with the clothes from Altisidora's adventure.
Bad and disproportionate drawing (Rocinante); but, as a whole, the plate is very interesting. 
Notes 1 - Same plate first used for Madrid: Ibarra, 1780.