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Image | 1725b-London-Knaplock-01-008 |
Illustration No. | 1   |
Illustrator | Charles-Antoine Coypel (copied after) |
Engraver | Jan van der Gucht |
Lithographer | |
Title Caption | Don Quixote and Sancho Mounted on a Wooden Horse and blind folded Fancy they Ride in the Air |
Title Supplied | |
Part | Part II, Madrid 1615 |
Chapter | Chapter 41 |
Subject |
41.1 Adventure of Clavileño 41.2 DQ and SP fly on Clavileño |
Illustration Type |
Illustration |
Technique |
Burin engraving |
Color | Black and white |
Volume | I |
Page Number | w/p |
Image Dimension | 120 x 132 |
Page Dimension | 160 x 160 |
Commentary | In a Versailles like garden (baroque architectures, hedges, one terminus...), don Quixote and Sancho mounted blindfolded on Clavileño, while several servants simulate its flight with pairs of bellows and torches; one of them has lighted its fuse.
The Duke and Duchess observe the scene. The composition is well-known from Savery (Dordrecht: Savery, 1657), but now it has been enriched. Light and shadow effects are remarkable; drawing and engraving too. |
Notes | 1 - Turned copy after Coypel’s illustration (Paris: Surugue, c. 1728-30).
2 - Print detached from London: Walthoe, 1731. |