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Drawing and engraving of unequal quality; Rocinante's figure is disproportionate and its movement bad-resolved.
The figures have been engraved with strength; the lines are too thick and the print dark.
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| Image | 1771-Madrid-Ibarra-01-013 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | José Camarón Bonanat (?) |
| Engraver | Manuel Monfort y Asensi |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | |
| Title Supplied | Don Quixote charges against the barber |
| 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. 269 |
| Image Dimension | 140 x 81 |
| Page Dimension | 175 x 114 |
| Commentary | The barber (wearing his barber basin on his head) lets himself fall down from his mule to the ground to avoid don Quixote's attack; on the right, Sancho observing the scene.
Drawing and engraving of unequal quality; Rocinante's figure is disproportionate and its movement bad-resolved. The figures have been engraved with strength; the lines are too thick and the print dark. |
| Notes | 1 - The plate is not signed by any illustrator. |