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	Image	1756-London-Tonson-01-036
	Illustration No.	1
	Illustrator	John Vanderbank
	Engraver	Gerard van der Gucht
	Lithographer
	Title Caption
	Title Supplied	Camila's pretended stabbing
	Part	Part I, Madrid 1605
	Chapter	Chapter 34
	Subject	34.1 Reading of El curioso impertinente continues
	Illustration Type	Chapter illustration
	Technique	Burin engraving Etching (acquaforte)
	Color	Black and white
	Volume	I
	Page Number	f.p. 247
	Image Dimension	252 x 183
	Page Dimension	287 x 225
	Commentary	A scene of great drama. This edition inaugurates the interest in the interpolated novels. Camila pretends to stab herself (it should be in the left shoulder) and Lotario and Leonela try to stop her; Anselmo, her husband, is hidden behind a tapestry (he should remain behind the tapestry during the whole scene). Theatrical and dramatic scene; well-resolved movement and commotion. Well-detailed and rich setting; drawing and engraving are excellent.
	Notes	1 - Same plate from London: Tonson, 1738 Spanish edition and London: Tonson, 1742 English edition. 2 - Oldfield defended the inclusion of these inserted episodes. "Los pasos serios, entremezclados, y artificiosamente enlazados en las Novelas, son maravillosamente proporcionados para que descanse la vista de la demasiada atención á unas mismas personas, y á una misma especie de acciones graciosas" ("Sobre las Estampas desta Historia". I, v).