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Image | 1810-London-Miller-04-008 |
Illustration No. | 1   |
Illustrator | Samuel Shelley |
Engraver | James Fittler |
Lithographer | |
Title Caption | Don Quixote breaking the Nets |
Title Supplied | |
Part | Part II, Madrid 1615 |
Chapter | Chapter 58 |
Subject |
58.2 DQ encounter with 2 ladies and bird nets; Arcadia |
Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
Technique |
Burin engraving Etching (acquaforte) |
Color | Black and white |
Volume | IV |
Page Number | f.p. 262 |
Image Dimension | 140 x 90 |
Page Dimension | 205 x 125 |
Commentary | In the whole composition, the two shepherdesses, richly dressed, have been highlighted; their white dresses stand out over the dark background, where don Quixote and Sancho are almost hidden.
Painter and engraver have recreated their dresses in a very remarkable and higly-detailed way. The gestures of the shepherdesses are theatrical, but good. |
Notes | 1 - Same plate first engraved for London: William Miller, 1801. |