Well-resolved gloomy atmosphere using the contrast of the white eyes.
Remarkable illustration.
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| Image | 1926-1927Paris-02-062 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Gus Bofa |
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| Title Caption | |
| Title Supplied | An errant knight ready to fight against monsters, serpents, giants.... |
| Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
| Chapter | Chapter 49 |
| Subject |
49.2 Advice of canon to DQ and response of DQ in defense of chivalric books (libros de caballerías) |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
| Technique |
Process / Photomechanical technique |
| Color | Colored |
| Volume | II |
| Page Number | f.p. 258 |
| Image Dimension | 177 x 127 |
| Page Dimension | 255 x 185 |
| Commentary | Reference to the dialogue between the canon and don Quixote; "... tanto palafrén, tanta doncella andante, tantas sierpes, tantos endríagos, tantos gigantes, tantas inauditas aventuras..." (49:1).
Well-resolved gloomy atmosphere using the contrast of the white eyes. Remarkable illustration. |
| Notes | 1 - Hand-colored using stencils; "coloriés au pochoir dans les ateliers de D. Jacomet et Cie.". |