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Image | 1923-London-Navarre-01-005-p |
Illustration No. | 1   |
Illustrator | John Vanderbank |
Engraver | George Vertue (reproduced by process) |
Lithographer | |
Title Caption | PORTRAIT OF DON QUIXOTE. |
Title Supplied | |
Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
Chapter | Chapter 1 |
Subject |
1.1 DQ at his library reading chivalric novels |
Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration Portrait |
Technique |
Process / Photomechanical technique |
Color | Black and white |
Volume | I |
Page Number | f.p. 3 |
Image Dimension | 130 x 100 |
Page Dimension | 223 x 145 |
Commentary | Don Quixote, dressed as a 18th century English gentleman, reads peacefully while he observes his family arms (over the fireplace); these, far from looking like "tomadas de orín y llenas de moho, luengos siglos había, que estaban puestas y olvidadas en un rincón" (1:1), appear new and neat.
Drawing and engraving are excellent (don Quixote's figure, furniture, books, arms...); not so the room, too small, cold and without details. |
Notes | 1- Reproduced in reduced size after London: Tonson, 1738. |