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| Image | 1916-1918-Kristiania-Swanstrom-02-022 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes |
| Engraver | J. Joaquín Fábregat (reproduced) |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | Eventyret med aeselskriket |
| Title Supplied | |
| Part | Part II, Madrid 1615 |
| Chapter | Chapter 27 |
| Subject |
27.2 Episode of braying mayors |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
| Technique |
Burin engraving Process / Photomechanical technique |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | II |
| Page Number | f.p. 128 |
| Image Dimension | 168 x 115 |
| Page Dimension | 200 x 285 |
| Commentary | The members of the braying mayors squadron attack don Quixote and Sancho; the squire is falling from his donkey and don Quixote surrounded by the whole group.
Accurate to Cervantes' text, a standard with "un asno como un pequeño sardesco, la cabeza levantada, la boca abierta, y la lengua de fuera, en acto, y postura como si estuviera rebuznando" (27:2). Also with the inscription: "No rebuznaron en valde, el uno y el otro alcalde". |
| Notes | 1 - Reproduction of plate first engraved for Madrid: Ibarra, 1780, but finally not included. |