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Portrait
In the background, Don Quixote and Sancho Panza represented in an ambiguous way. Are they real? (in a window) or fictitious? (in a painting).
2 - Photoengraving.
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| Image | 1901-London-Gibbings-01-005-p |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | William Kent (process reproduction) |
| Engraver | George Vertue (process reproduction) |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. From the portrait designed by Kent 1753. |
| Title Supplied | |
| Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
| Chapter | 02. Frontispiece |
| Subject |
02.1 Portrait of Cervantes |
| Illustration Type |
Frontispiece Portrait |
| Technique |
Process / Photomechanical technique |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | I |
| Page Number | f.p. 1 |
| Image Dimension | 107 x 73 |
| Page Dimension | 172 x 113 |
| Commentary | Cervantes' portrait as a writer (holding a quill, at his library...) and as a soldier (helmet and sword on the wall).
In the background, Don Quixote and Sancho Panza represented in an ambiguous way. Are they real? (in a window) or fictitious? (in a painting). |
| Notes | 1 - Despite the caption, Kent did not design this portrait in 1753, but 1738 (London: Tonson).
2 - Photoengraving. |