click to enlarge
Image c1940-Barcelona-Biblioteca-01-007 
Illustration No. 1     
Illustrator José del Castillo 
Engraver Manuel Salvador Carmona (reproduced by process) 
Lithographer  
Title Caption  
Title Supplied MIGUEL DE CERVANTES SAAVEDRA 
Part  
Chapter  
Subject  
Illustration Type Portrait
 
Technique Process / Photomechanical technique
 
Color Black and white 
Volume Serie I 
Page Number
Image Dimension 125 x 83 
Page Dimension 145 x 96 
Commentary Cervantes' portrait in an oval frame surrounded by garlands and a laurel wreath.
Underneath, usual iconographic elements: sword and shield (Cervantes as a soldier); comedy mask, lyre, flute, quill, Don Quixote, La Galatea, Persiles, Sonetos and Novelas ejemplares (Cervantes as a poet and a writer).
Portrait based on an oil canvas attributed to Alonso del Arco (maybe a copy after the original by Jáuregui or Pacheco done during Cervantes' life).
The Spanish Royal Academy obtained this portrait from the honorific academician Count of Águila (Sevilla).
In "Prólogo de la Academia" (XIX and XX), it is described how this portrait was found and how it looks like the portrait designed by William Kent (London: Tonson, 1738).
Drawing and engraving of great quality.
Detailed portrait; image with dignity. 
Notes 1 - Process reproduction of portrait published in Madrid: Ibarra, 1780.
2 - Cushing owns a copy of the original engraving.