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Image | 1947-Buenos-Aires-Gil-01-009 |
Illustration No. | 1   |
Illustrator | José del Castillo |
Engraver | Manuel Salvador Carmona (reproduced by process) |
Lithographer | |
Title Caption | Don Quijote leyendo los libros de caballerías. |
Title Supplied | |
Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
Chapter | Chapter 1 |
Subject |
1.1 DQ at his library reading chivalric novels 1.2 Alonso Quixano (AQ) becomes the knight Don Quixote de la Mancha (DQ) |
Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
Technique |
Burin engraving Process / Photomechanical technique |
Color | Black and white |
Volume | I |
Page Number | f.p. 64 |
Image Dimension | 130 x 88 |
Page Dimension | 180 x 120 |
Commentary | Don Quixote, reading chivalry books at his library (Amadís de Gaula), becomes mad (see his gesture and eyes).
Forced position and gesture. Details from the text: arms abandoned at a corner, the skinny greyhound... Interest in a realistic setting (period clothes and furniture). |
Notes | 1 - Reproduced after Madrid: Joaquín Ibarra, 1780. |