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| Image | 1898-Barcelona-Segui-01-004-p |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | A. Seriñá (after Luis Madrazo y Kuntz) |
| Engraver | |
| Lithographer | Unknown |
| Title Caption | Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra |
| Title Supplied | |
| Part | |
| Chapter | |
| Subject | |
| Illustration Type |
Portrait |
| Technique |
Chromolithography Process / Photomechanical technique |
| Color | In color |
| Volume | I |
| Page Number | after title page |
| Image Dimension | 172 x 110 |
| Page Dimension | 264 x 174 |
| Commentary | Copy after Cervantes' portrait designed by Madrazo and engraved by Hortigosa for Barcelona: Imprenta de Tomás Gorchs, 1859; Seriñá has introduced light changes; in the original design Cervantes appears thoughtful, now writing.
Underneath, a facsimile of Cervantes' signature. |
| Notes | 1 - Signed and dated in 1896.
2 - This portrait also appears in Barcelona: Tomás Gorchs, 1863; Barcelona: Biblioteca Ilustrada Espasa, 1880; Zaragoza; Tipografía Comas, 1885; and Barcelona: Casa Editorial Maucci, 1901. 3 - Reproduced by photo-chromolithography; shading is reproduced by process and the colors by chromolithography. |