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In the background, Don Quixote and Sancho Panza represented in an ambiguous way. Are they real? (in a window) or fictitious? (in a painting).
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| Image | c1940-Barcelona-Biblioteca-01-003 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | William Kent |
| Engraver | George Vertue (reproduced by process) |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | |
| Title Supplied | RETRATO DE CERVANTES DE SAAVEDRA POR EL MISMO. |
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| Chapter | |
| Subject | |
| Illustration Type |
Portrait |
| Technique |
Process / Photomechanical technique |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | Serie I |
| Page Number | 2 |
| Image Dimension | 125 x 90 |
| Page Dimension | 145 x 96 |
| Commentary | Cervantes' portrait as a writer (holding a quill, at his library...) and as a soldier (helmet and sword on the wall).
In the background, Don Quixote and Sancho Panza represented in an ambiguous way. Are they real? (in a window) or fictitious? (in a painting). |
| Notes | 1 - Process reproduction of portrait published in London: Tonson, 1738. |