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Image | 1801London-01-004 |
Illustration No. | 1   |
Illustrator | José del Castillo |
Engraver | William Byrne |
Lithographer | |
Title Caption | Don Quixote in his Study |
Title Supplied | |
Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
Chapter | Chapter 1 |
Subject |
1.1 DQ at his library reading chivalric novels |
Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
Technique |
Etching (acquaforte) Burin engraving |
Color | Black and white |
Volume | I |
Page Number | f.p. 1 |
Image Dimension | 140 x 93 |
Page Dimension | 211 x 128 |
Commentary | Don Quixote, reading chivalry books at his library ("Amadís de Gaula"), becomes mad (see his gesture and eyes). Forced position and gesture. Details from the text: arms abandoned at a corner, the skinny greyhound...
Interest by a realistic setting (period clothes and furniture). Lack of skill in some engraving details (don Quixote's hands and face, the greyhound...). |
Notes | Copied from José del Castillo and Manuel Salvador y Carmona's illustration (Madrid: Ibarra, 1780).
William Byrne (London, 1743 – London, 1805): Engraver. He began his art instruction with his uncle; then, in France, he became a disciple of Jacques Aliamet (1726 – 1788) and Jean Georges Willet (1715 – 1808). He engraved designs after Italian masters and achieved a great reputation as a landscape engraver. His son, John Byrne (London, 1786 – 1847), was a watercolorist and an engraver too, working with his father (Benezit II, 426). |