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Don Quixote, believing the millers to be ghosts, draws his sword against them; meanwhile, Sancho prays.
Drawing and engraving of unequal quality; don Quixote's figure is quite remarkable, with good gesture, movement and expression.
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| Image | 1824-Paris-Delongchamps-05-001-f |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Louis Choquet |
| Engraver | Johann Baptist Pfitzer |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | Le pauvre Sancho était à genoux priant dévotement le ciel qu'il les délivrat de ce péril. |
| Title Supplied | |
| Part | Part II, Madrid 1615 |
| Chapter | Chapter 29 |
| Subject |
29.1 Adventure of the enchanted boat |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
| Technique |
Burin engraving |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | V |
| Page Number | f. title page |
| Image Dimension | 88 x 59 |
| Page Dimension | 128 x 83 |
| Commentary | Don Quixote and Sancho, both in a boat in river Ebro, arrive to a mill, where some millers try to prevent the boat from crashing into the wheel mill.
Don Quixote, believing the millers to be ghosts, draws his sword against them; meanwhile, Sancho prays. Drawing and engraving of unequal quality; don Quixote's figure is quite remarkable, with good gesture, movement and expression. |
| Notes | 1 - Placed as frontispiece. |