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Image | 1959-Mexico-Porrua-01-004 |
Illustration No. | 1  2 |
Illustrator | William Kent |
Engraver | George Vertue (process reproduction after) |
Lithographer | |
Title Caption | |
Title Supplied | Cervantes |
Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
Chapter | 02. Frontispiece |
Subject |
02.1 Portrait of Cervantes |
Illustration Type |
Frontispiece Portrait |
Technique |
Process / Photomechanical technique |
Color | Black and white |
Volume | I |
Page Number | 153 |
Image Dimension | 100 x 72 |
Page Dimension | 155 x 205 |
Commentary | Cervantes' portrait as a writer (holding a quill, at his library...) and as a soldier (helmet and sword on the wall).
In the background, Don Quixote and Sancho Panza represented in an ambiguous way. Are they real? (in a window) or fictitious? (in a painting). |
Notes | 1 - Process reproduction after London: Tonson, 1738. |