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In the background, don Quixote observing the scene from behind the inn wall.
Well-known scene and composition.
Drawing and engraving are acceptable, but poor.
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| Image | 1777-Paris-01-005a |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Unknown |
| Engraver | Unknown |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | Vengeance de l'hote qui se paye sur Sancho de la dépense de son Maitre et de la sienne. |
| Title Supplied | |
| Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
| Chapter | Chapter 17 |
| Subject |
17.3 SP’s blanketing |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
| Technique |
Burin engraving |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | I |
| Page Number | f.p. 169 |
| Image Dimension | 117 x 69 |
| Page Dimension | 170 x 103 |
| Commentary | In the foreground, Sancho blanketed by the innkeeper Juan Palomeque and others in the inn courtyard.
In the background, don Quixote observing the scene from behind the inn wall. Well-known scene and composition. Drawing and engraving are acceptable, but poor. |
| Notes | 1 – Turned copy after Mathey's plate for Paris: Compagnie des Libraires, 1732 (also reprinted and copied for different editions in 1733, 1741 and others). |