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Image 1905-London-Routledge-01-110 
Illustration No. 1     
Illustrator Tony Johannot 
Engraver Unknown 
Lithographer  
Title Caption  
Title Supplied Don Quixote surprised by a multitude of crows and choughs in Montesinos' cave 
Part Part II, Madrid 1615  
Chapter Chapter 22 
Subject 22.2 Adventure of the cave of Montesinos
 
Illustration Type Vignette
 
Technique Wood engraving or Xylography
 
Color Black and white 
Volume
Page Number 265 
Image Dimension 96 x 94 
Page Dimension 185 x 135 
Commentary Well-known scene since Savery (Savery: Dordrecht, 1657); when don Quixote tries to enter Montesinos' cave cutting away some brambles with his sword, a multitude of crows and choughs (they look more like owls in Johannot's vignette) flows out of the cave and knocks don Quixote down.
Don Quixote's figure, falling down, has been well represented; Sancho and the cousin appear just sketched in the right background. 
Notes 1 - Reprint of New York: Routledge, c1895.