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In the background, the defeated barber running away.
Accurate details in the background: fulling mills and rain.
Carnicero is not a good painter of animals (Rocinante clumsily drawn).
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| Image | 1780-Madrid-Ibarra-01-009 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Antonio Carnicero |
| Engraver | Fernando Selma |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | |
| Title Supplied | Don Quixote puts the barber basin (Mambrino's helmet) on his head |
| 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. 184 |
| Image Dimension | 206 x 145 |
| Page Dimension | 292 x 212 |
| Commentary | Don Quixote tries to fit the barber basin on his head, while Sancho saddles his donkey up with the conquered packsaddle.
In the background, the defeated barber running away. Accurate details in the background: fulling mills and rain. Carnicero is not a good painter of animals (Rocinante clumsily drawn). |
| Notes | 1 - Signed in Madrid, 1777. |