Well-known scene, resolved with little novelty, but with good drawing style; illustration resolved as a sketch with picturesque realism drawn from life, but with some faults (notice the disproportion in one of the windmill sails).
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| Image | 1935Paris-01-016 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Berthold Mahn |
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| Title Caption | |
| Title Supplied | Don Quixote defeated by a windmill |
| Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
| Chapter | Chapter 8 |
| Subject |
8.2 Adventure of the windmills (giants) |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
| Technique |
Process / Photomechanical technique |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | I |
| Page Number | f.p. 60 |
| Image Dimension | 180 x 134 |
| Page Dimension | 217 x 170 |
| Commentary | Don Quixote and Rocinante lying on the ground after being hit by a windmill sail; Sancho, waving and worried, arrives on his donkey.
Well-known scene, resolved with little novelty, but with good drawing style; illustration resolved as a sketch with picturesque realism drawn from life, but with some faults (notice the disproportion in one of the windmill sails). |
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