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Image | 1810-London-Miller-01-006 |
Illustration No. | 1   |
Illustrator | José del Castillo (copied after) |
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 |
Burin engraving Etching (acquaforte) |
Color | Black and white |
Volume | I |
Page Number | f.p. 1 |
Image Dimension | 140 x 93 |
Page Dimension | 205 x 125 |
Commentary | Don Quixote, reading chivalric 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 | 1 - Same plate first engraved for London: William Miller, 1801.
2 - Copied after José del Castillo and Manuel Salvador y Carmona's illustration (Madrid: Ibarra, 1780). |