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Sancho arrives from the background to help him.
Well-known scene, resolved with little novelty.
The windmills are not totally Manchegan.
Good engraving, but poor in some details.
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| Image | 1841-Barcelona-Imprenta-01-004 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Antonio RodrÃguez (copied after) |
| Engraver | Pablo Alabern y Moles |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | Fatal suceso de la batalla de D. Quijote con los imaginados gigantes |
| Title Supplied | |
| Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
| Chapter | Chapter 8 |
| Subject |
8.2 Adventure of the windmills (giants) |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
| Technique |
Burin engraving |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | I |
| Page Number | f.p. 51 |
| Image Dimension | 72 x 45 |
| Page Dimension | 144 x 94 |
| Commentary | Don Quixote and Rocinante fallen on the ground and his lance broken after trying to attack a windmill.
Sancho arrives from the background to help him. Well-known scene, resolved with little novelty. The windmills are not totally Manchegan. Good engraving, but poor in some details. |
| Notes | 1 - Copied after Antonio RodrÃguez's design for Madrid: Imprenta Real, 1797. |