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| Image | 1811-London-Stratford-01-001-f |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Francis Hayman (copied after) |
| Engraver | A. Warren (Alfred William Warren?) |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | FRONTISPIECE |
| Title Supplied | |
| Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
| Chapter | 02. Frontispiece |
| Subject |
02.3 Allegorical/symbolic representations |
| Illustration Type |
Frontispiece |
| Technique |
Burin engraving |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | I (bound with volume II in tome I) |
| Page Number | f. title page |
| Image Dimension | 165 x 88 |
| Page Dimension | 209 x 125 |
| Commentary | In the foreground, Comedy (with comedy mask and sword) knocks down a gothic castle protected by a dragon (Knight Errant Books, Gothic literature); from a tower of this castle, a dwarf blows a horn (reference to chapter 2:1).
In the background, in front of a classical temple, Athena (Wisdom or Truth with a shining shield) pushes away a deformed dwarf, a four-armed Moorish and a pair of shadows (don Quixote and Dulcinea or doña Rodríguez? Durandarte and Belerma?). Above, don Quixote's arms. Framing the inscription "FRONTISPIECE", the heads of Sancho's donkey and Rocinante. Quite acceptable engraving. |
| Notes | 1 - Copied after London: A. Millar, 1755. |