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| Image | 1810-London-Miller-01-009 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Thomas Stothard |
| Engraver | James Neagle |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | Sancho tossed in the Blanket |
| Title Supplied | |
| Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
| Chapter | Chapter 17 |
| Subject |
17.3 SP’s blanketing |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
| Technique |
Burin engraving Etching (acquaforte) |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | I |
| Page Number | f.p. 176 |
| Image Dimension | 140 x 95 |
| Page Dimension | 205 x 125 |
| Commentary | Well-known composition since Savery (Dordrecht: Savery, 1657); in the foreground, Sancho's blanketing; from the background, don Quixote observes him behind the inn wall.
It is remarkable the bulk of the figures and how Stothard has tried to represent different gestures (effort of the figures blanketing Sancho) and how he has tried to recreate a Spanish setting (with "goyescas" clothes). The engraving is not too much agile; Sancho's frightened face is forced. |
| Notes | 1 - Same plate first engraved for London: William Miller, 1801. |