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Image 1766 London Tonson-01-009 
Illustration No. 1     
Illustrator John Vanderbank 
Engraver Gerard van der Gucht 
Lithographer  
Title Caption  
Title Supplied Don Quixote asks the galley slaves about their crimes 
Part Part I, Madrid 1605  
Chapter Chapter 22 
Subject 22.1 Adventure of the galley slaves (galeotes)
22.2 Dialogue with galeotes
 
Illustration Type Chapter illustration
 
Technique Burin engraving
 
Color Black and white 
Volume
Page Number f.p. 194 
Image Dimension 132 x 77 
Page Dimension 170 x 95 
Commentary Good example of the kind of scenes chosen by Oldfield and Vanderbank to be represented.
Previously (Dordrecht: Savery, 1657 and Amberes: Verdussen, 1672 - 1673), don Quixote had been represented fighting with the soldiers and stoned by the galley slaves; now, none of these scenes interest them.
Don Quixote appears talking to the galley slaves (dialogue).
Idealized image of the slaves, as "good savages".
Excellent drawing and engraving (see gestures and hands: don Quixote, Sancho and slave on the left). 
Notes 1 - Same plate first engraved for London: Tonson, 1749, now partially-erased.
2 - Plate 9.