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Image | 1852-London-Willoughby-01-390 |
Illustration No. | 1   |
Illustrator | Tony Johannot |
Engraver | Louis-Henri Breviere |
Lithographer | |
Title Caption | MONTESINOS OF THE CAVE. |
Title Supplied | |
Part | Part II, Madrid 1615 |
Chapter | Chapter 23 |
Subject |
23.1 DQ’s tale of his experience in the cave |
Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
Technique |
Wood engraving or Xylography |
Color | Black and white |
Volume | II (bound with vol. I in tome I) |
Page Number | 59 |
Image Dimension | 140 x 92 |
Page Dimension | 214 x 135 |
Commentary | Excellent and detailed portrait of Montesinos, as described by don Quixote; "un venerable anciano, vestido con un capuz de bayeta morada, que por el suelo le arrastraba: ceñíale los hombros y los pechos una beca de colegial, de raso verde; cubríale la cabeza una gorra milanesa negra, y la barba, canísima, le pasaba de la cintura; no traía arma ninguna, sino un rosario de cuentas en la mano" (23:2).
Drawing and engraving are masterly (see Montesinos' face and right hand, the shading of his gown...). |
Notes | 1 - Reprint of Johannot's illustration for Paris: Dubochet, 1836-37. |