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Image | 2001-Beijing-OctoberArts-01-014 |
Illustration No. | 1   |
Illustrator | Salvador DalĂ |
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Lithographer | |
Title Caption | |
Title Supplied | Don Quixote reading chivalry books |
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 |
Process / Photomechanical technique |
Color | Black and white |
Volume | I |
Page Number | f.p. 28 |
Image Dimension | 133 x 133 |
Page Dimension | 242 x 168 |
Commentary | Alonso Quijano, reading chivalry books, becomes don Quixote; notice the double image of Alonso Quijano/don Quixote.
It could also be understood as Cervantes imagining don Quixote. |
Notes | 1 - Same illustration first published in NY: Random House, 1946. |