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| Image | 1905-London-Routledge-01-114 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Tony Johannot |
| Engraver | Andrew, Best & Leloir |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | |
| Title Supplied | Melisendra lowering herself from the tower |
| Part | Part II, Madrid 1615 |
| Chapter | Chapter 26 |
| Subject |
26.2 Representation of Melisendra’s puppet show |
| Illustration Type |
Vignette |
| Technique |
Wood engraving or Xylography |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | I |
| Page Number | 272 |
| Image Dimension | 76 x 55 |
| Page Dimension | 185 x 135 |
| Commentary | Scene about don Gaiferos and Melisendra's puppet show.
Johannot, with great originality, represents the characters as puppets; Melisendra lowers herself from the balcony of the tower, "Mas, ¡ay, sin ventura!, que se le ha asido una punta del faldellín de uno de los hierros del balcón, y está pendiente en el aire, sin poder llegar al suelo" (26:2); this detail has been included. The artificial movement of the figure, a puppet, is specially comical. |
| Notes | 1 - Reprint of New York: Routledge, c1895. |