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| Image | 1836-Boston-Perkins-01-001-p |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | José del Castillo / Achille Jacques Jean Devéria (copied after) |
| Engraver | David Claypoole Johnston |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | CERVANTES. |
| Title Supplied | |
| Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
| Chapter | 02. Frontispiece |
| Subject |
02.1 Portrait of Cervantes |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration Portrait |
| Technique |
Burin engraving Etching (acquaforte) Stipple / Crayon manner |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | I |
| Page Number | f. tile page |
| Image Dimension | 83 x 72 |
| Page Dimension | 191 x 118 |
| Commentary | Cervantes' portrait.
The face has been detailed quite well by stipple and burin engraving, but not the clothes, only sketched. |
| Notes | 1 - Copied after Devéria's portrait (Paris: Delongchamps, 1825; based on José del Castillo's design for Madrid: Ibarra, 1780).
2 - "Tambien se hallará en esta edición el retrato del incomparable autor del Quijote imitado dél de la referida edición de Paris [Paris: Librería hispano-francesa de Bossange padre/Agustín García Arrieta, 1826], por D. C. Johnston, grabador distinguido de esta metrópoli" ("Advertencia del Editor", p. v, vol. I). |