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In the background, the defeated barber runs away.
Good drawing and engraving.
2 – Same plate first engraved for London: T. Osborne, 1761 (2nd edition of T. Smollet’s translation).
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| Image | 1765-London-01-009 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Francis Hayman |
| Engraver | G. V. Neist |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | |
| Title Supplied | Don Quixote holding the barber basin |
| Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
| Chapter | Chapter 21 |
| Subject |
21.3 Adventure of the helmet of Mambrino |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
| Technique |
Burin engraving |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | I |
| Page Number | f.p. 191 |
| Image Dimension | 130 x 75 |
| Page Dimension | 160 x 95 |
| Commentary | In the foreground, don Quixote, mounted on Rocinante, raises a barber basin (Mambrino´s helmet); Sancho observes him and laughs.
In the background, the defeated barber runs away. Good drawing and engraving. |
| Notes | 1 – Copy in reduced format after Ravenet’s plate with Hayman’s design for London: Millar, 1755.
2 – Same plate first engraved for London: T. Osborne, 1761 (2nd edition of T. Smollet’s translation). |