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| Image | 1808b-Paris-Nicolle-06-001-f |
| Illustration No. | 1 2 3 4 |
| Illustrator | Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier (copied after) |
| Engraver | Jean-Baptiste Bigant |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | |
| Title Supplied | Don Quixote recovers his reason |
| Part | Part II, Madrid 1615 |
| Chapter | Chapter 74 |
| Subject |
74.1 DQ falls ill and recovers his sanity |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration Frontispiece Vignette |
| Technique |
Burin engraving |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | VI |
| Page Number | f. title page |
| Image Dimension | 100 x 63 (complete illus.); 50 x 30 (vignette) |
| Page Dimension | 142 x 90 |
| Commentary | Center of the composition: don Quixote under a great canopy, highlighted by the light.
In the foreground: Sancho (left) and the priest (right). In the background: the niece, the housekeeper, the barber, Sansón Carrasco and the notary. It has been chosen the instant when don Quixote recovers his reason and becomes Alonso Quijano again. Drawing and engraving are acceptable. |
| Notes | 1 - Same plate first engraved by Bigant for Paris: Chez Gide, 1806.
2 - Copied after Lebarbier's illustration (Paris: Didot-Deterville, 1799). 3 - Placed as frontispiece. |
