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	Image	1756-London-Tonson-02-024
	Illustration No.	1
	Illustrator	John Vanderbank
	Engraver	Gerad van der Gucht
	Lithographer
	Title Caption
	Title Supplied	Sancho declares a man innocent of raping a woman
	Part	Part II, Madrid 1615
	Chapter	Chapter 45
	Subject	45.2 SP’s judgments at Barataria
	Illustration Type	Chapter illustration
	Technique	Burin engraving Etching (acquaforte)
	Color	Black and white
	Volume	II
	Page Number	f.p. 242
	Image Dimension	250 x 184
	Page Dimension	287 x 225
	Commentary	Pyramidal and theatrical composition; governor Sancho in its vertice, well-visible. Sancho declares the accused man (left) innocent and orders the accusing woman (right) to leave the Island: "Hermana mía, si el mismo aliento, y valor que habéis mostrado para defender esta bolsa, le mostrases, y aun la mitad menos, para defender vuestro cuerpo, las fuerzas de Hércules no os hicieran fuerza" (45:2). At the bottom, several notaries. In the background, an inscription appears inverted because of a mistake by the engraver. Drawing and engraving are highly-remarkable in the figures of Sancho, the notaries and the accused man.
	Notes	1 - Same plate from London: Tonson, 1738 Spanish edition and London: Tonson, 1742 English edition.