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Image | 1809-London-Oddy-02-011 |
Illustration No. | 1   |
Illustrator | Charles-Antoine Coypel (copied after) |
Engraver | B. Lane |
Lithographer | |
Title Caption | ADVENTURE AT THE INN |
Title Supplied | |
Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
Chapter | Chapter 43 |
Subject |
43.2 Maritornes and innkeeper’s daughter hang DQ from window by a hand 43.3 Four travelers arrive at inn |
Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
Technique |
Burin engraving Etching (acquaforte) Stipple / Crayon manner |
Color | Black and white |
Volume | II |
Page Number | f.p. 495 |
Image Dimension | 154 x 90 |
Page Dimension | 194 x 123 |
Commentary | Four travelers (four in the text, only two in the illustration) arrive to the inn and Rocinante begins to move to smell one of the mares, leaving don Quixote almost hanged by his hand tied to a window, but he has not fallen yet.
The innkeeper, his daughter and Maritornes should not appear yet, but Coypel prefers theatrical compositions with many figures. Good use of dotted manner/stipple; it almost looks like aquatint in some parts (clouds) or mezzotint; remarkable shading. |
Notes | 1 - Copy after Coypel's illustration (La Haye: Hondt, 1746; originally engraved for Paris: Surugue, c. 1728-30).
2 - Wrongly-placed in chapter 59:2; the scene belongs to 43:1. |