According to Cervantes' text, when Sancho reaches don Quixote to help him, the knight and Rocinante are already on the ground, but Doré has not represented it in this way.
Good drawing and engraving.
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| Image | 1935-New-York-Jackson-03-032 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Paul Gustave Louis Christophe Doré |
| Engraver | Héliodore Joseph Pisan (reproduced by process) |
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| Title Caption | |
| Title Supplied | Don Quixote encounters the cart of actors |
| Part | Part II, Madrid 1615 |
| Chapter | Chapter 11 |
| Subject |
11.1 Adventure of the cart of actors; “cortes de la muerte” |
| Illustration Type |
Head vignette |
| Technique |
Process / Photomechanical technique |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | III |
| Page Number | 90 |
| Image Dimension | 63 x 103 |
| Page Dimension | 217 x 155 |
| Commentary | Don Quixote encounters a cart with players of Angulo el Malo's company; disguised as the devil, Cupid, a soldier, an emperor, a queen, the death and an angel (Doré has included more characters not from Cervantes' text). Among them, a bojiganga frightening Rocinante with three blown bladders.
According to Cervantes' text, when Sancho reaches don Quixote to help him, the knight and Rocinante are already on the ground, but Doré has not represented it in this way. Good drawing and engraving. |
| Notes | 1 - Reproduced after Paris: Hachette, 1863. |