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Costumes and setting are more English or French than Spanish.
Don Quixote's figure looks like a dying Christ; classical and academic drawing.
2 - Wrongly-placed in chapter 7:2.
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| Image | 1966-Roma-L'Unita-01-040 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Bartolomeo Pinelli |
| Engraver | |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | Mentre le smorte luci intorno gira / Dal male oppresso il Cavalier delira. / La Nepote s'affligge, e accanto a quella / Stà sospirando la fedele Ancella. |
| Title Supplied | |
| Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
| Chapter | Chapter 52 |
| Subject |
52.5 Housekeeper and niece put DQ to bed |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
| Technique |
Process / Photomechanical technique |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | I |
| Page Number | Prev. to 289 |
| Image Dimension | 210 x 263 |
| Page Dimension | 268 x 360 (folded) |
| Commentary | Don Quixote resting in his bed after concluding his second sally; the housekeeper and the niece take care of him (both appear weeping); also the priest.
Costumes and setting are more English or French than Spanish. Don Quixote's figure looks like a dying Christ; classical and academic drawing. |
| Notes | 1 - Process reproduction of Pinelli's etching for Roma: R. Gentilucci, 1833-34.
2 - Wrongly-placed in chapter 7:2. |