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Etching (acquaforte)
Excellent drawing and engraving; notice the light and shadow effects.
Remarkable and highly-detailed ornamental frame; it includes an ape and puppets.
2 - Printed on China paper.
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| Image | 1877-Tours-Mame-01-026 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Jean-Ignace-Isidore Gérard Grandville and Adrien Feart (frame) |
| Engraver | François Théodore Ruhierre and Adrien Feart (frame) |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | Il tire son épée, et avec une furie sans égale il fait pleuvoir sur la bande moresque une grêle de coups d'épée |
| Title Supplied | |
| Part | Part II, Madrid 1615 |
| Chapter | Chapter 26 |
| Subject |
26.3 DQ attacks and destroys the puppets |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
| Technique |
Burin engraving Etching (acquaforte) |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | I |
| Page Number | f.p. 412 |
| Image Dimension | 125 x 92 |
| Page Dimension | 242 x 155 |
| Commentary | Don Quixote draws his sword to attack Maese Pedro's theater before Sancho, Maese Pedro's servant and other figures; Maese Pedro appears from inside the theater; also his ape.
Excellent drawing and engraving; notice the light and shadow effects. Remarkable and highly-detailed ornamental frame; it includes an ape and puppets. |
| Notes | 1 - Same illustration first appeared in Tours: A. Mame, 1848.
2 - Printed on China paper. |