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Dorotea could never be confused with a man (as it is said in Cervantes' text); she has been represented in woman clothes and showing her bosom.
Bucolic setting.
Drawing and engraving are very remarkable.
2 - Plate 10.
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| Image | 1766 London Tonson-02-003 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | John Vanderbank |
| Engraver | Gerard van der Gucht |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | |
| Title Supplied | Dorotea is discovered by the priest, barber and Cardenio |
| Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
| Chapter | Chapter 28 |
| Subject |
28.1 Priest, barber and Cardenio encounter Dorotea |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
| Technique |
Burin engraving |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | II |
| Page Number | f.p. 2 |
| Image Dimension | 130 x 77 |
| Page Dimension | 170 x 95 |
| Commentary | Dorotea, washing her feet in a stream, is discovered by the priest, the barber and Cardenio.
Dorotea could never be confused with a man (as it is said in Cervantes' text); she has been represented in woman clothes and showing her bosom. Bucolic setting. Drawing and engraving are very remarkable. |
| Notes | 1 - Same plate first engraved for London: Tonson, 1749, now partially-erased.
2 - Plate 10. |