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Cruikshank's personal caricature style is absolutely remarkable; notice the expressions of both figures, full of fine humor.
2 - Printed on India paper.
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| Image | 1892-NY-Harvard-04a-007 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | George Cruikshank |
| Engraver | George Cruikshank (photoengraving reproduction after) |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | The Donn and the Duenna. |
| Title Supplied | |
| Part | Part II, Madrid 1615 |
| Chapter | Chapter 48 |
| Subject |
48.1 Doña Rodríguez visits DQ at night in his room |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
| Technique |
Process / Photomechanical technique |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | IV (part I) |
| Page Number | f.p. 96 |
| Image Dimension | 90 x 70 |
| Page Dimension | 210 x 125 |
| Commentary | Doña Rodríguez, wearing a pair of spectacles and holding a candle, visits don Quixote in his room at night; when she discovers him standing up on his bed, wrapped in his blanket and bandaged, they scare each other believing they are ghosts.
Cruikshank's personal caricature style is absolutely remarkable; notice the expressions of both figures, full of fine humor. |
| Notes | 1 - Reproduced by photo-engraving after London: E. Wilson, 1833.
2 - Printed on India paper. |