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In the background, the defeated barber flees away.
Drawing and engraving are acceptable as a whole, but deficient in some details.
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| Image | 1778-London-01-003 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Francis Hayman (copied after) |
| Engraver | Royce |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | |
| Title Supplied | Don Quixote and 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. 42 |
| Image Dimension | 128 x 74 |
| Page Dimension | 170 x 100 |
| 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 flees away. Drawing and engraving are acceptable as a whole, but deficient in some details. |
| Notes | 1 – Inverted copy after Hayman’s illustration for London: Millar, 1755. |