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Image 1799-Paris-Deterville-03-009 
Illustration No. 1     
Illustrator Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier 
Engraver Jacques-Joseph Coiny 
Lithographer  
Title Caption Mes amis, reprit le mourant, je vous demandois... je ne suis plus don Quichotte de la Manche. 
Title Supplied  
Part Part II, Madrid 1615  
Chapter Chapter 74 
Subject 74.1 DQ falls ill and recovers his sanity
 
Illustration Type Chapter illustration
 
Technique Burin engraving
 
Color Black and white 
Volume III 
Page Number f.p. 403 
Image Dimension 113 x 68 
Page Dimension 197 x 117 
Commentary Lebarbier has chosen the very instant when don Quixote recovers his reason and becomes Alonso Quijano again.
Center of the composition: don Quixote under a great canopy, emphasized by the light.
In the foreground: Sancho (left) and the priest (right).
In the background: the housekeeper, the niece, the barber, Sansón Carrasco and the notary.
Don Quixote's face is remarkable; good drawing and fine engraving appropriate for the small format of the illustration.
Emotional scene, with some drama (see housekeeper and niece's faces). 
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