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| Image | 1910-Madrid-Hernando-01-004 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Unknown |
| Engraver | |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | MIGUEL DE CERVANTES SAAVEDRA |
| Title Supplied | |
| Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
| Chapter | 02. Frontispiece |
| Subject |
02.1 Portrait of Cervantes 02.2 Quixote illustration 02.3 Allegorical/symbolic representations |
| Illustration Type |
Frontispiece Portrait |
| Technique |
Process / Photomechanical technique |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | I |
| Page Number | V |
| Image Dimension | 144 x 85 |
| Page Dimension | 177 x 114 |
| Commentary | Don Quixote at his library seated and dreaming with his own future adventures (fighting with the Basque, with the widmills, the wineskins...).
In the upper left corner, Cervantes' portrait (after José del Castillo's for Madrid: Ibarra, 1780) framed by palm and laurel branches, quill and sword. Original composition and good drawing. |
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