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Image | 1840-London-Newman-01-001-f |
Illustration No. | 1   |
Illustrator | Charles-Antoine Coypel (based on) |
Engraver | C. Knight |
Lithographer | |
Title Caption | |
Title Supplied | Sancho discovers the robbery of his donkey |
Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
Chapter | Chapter 23 |
Subject |
23.2 SP’s donkey is stolen |
Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
Technique |
Burin engraving Etching (acquaforte) Stipple / Crayon manner |
Color | Black and white |
Volume | I |
Page Number | Prev. to title page |
Image Dimension | 80 x 104 |
Page Dimension | 105 x 136 |
Commentary | Scene copied, turned, after Coypel's (Paris: Surugue, 1726). Sancho Panza discovers that Ginés de Pasamonte has stolen his donkey (Ginés riding away in the left background), leaving him on the saddle with four stakes; don Quixote points to him.
Knight has reinforced the comical image of Sancho, more caricatured than in Coypel's; almost as a buffoon. The use of stipple for shading (looking like acquatint) is very remarkable. |
Notes | 1 - Placed as a frontispiece.
2 - Same plate first engraved for London: Newman, 1839. |