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Image 1826-Paris-Bossange-01-002-f 
Illustration No. 1     
Illustrator José del Castillo (copied after) 
Engraver Unknown 
Lithographer  
Title Caption  
Title Supplied Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 
Part Part I, Madrid 1605  
Chapter 02. Frontispiece 
Subject 02.1 Portrait of Cervantes
 
Illustration Type Portrait
 
Technique Burin engraving
Stipple / Crayon manner
 
Color Black and white 
Volume
Page Number f. title page 
Image Dimension 73 x 57 
Page Dimension 112 x 70 
Commentary Copy after the portrait designed by José del Castillo and engraved by Manuel Salvador Carmona for Madrid: Ibarra, 1780 based on a painting attributed to Alonso del Arco (donated by the Count of Aguilar to the Spanish Royal Academy; maybe a copy of some painting done during Cervantes' life); now turned and without symbolic elements.
Very remarkable engraving. 
Notes 1 - Same plate engraved for Paris: Bossange y Masson, 1814 edition.