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Burin engraving
Friar's glasses look like a mask.
Also Sancho Panza and another friar with a parasol.
In the background, the carriage of the lady and the Basque (don Quixote's next adventure).
Drawing and engraving are quite good.
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| Image | 1814-Paris-Masson-02-006 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | José del Castillo (copied after) |
| Engraver | Unknown |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | |
| Title Supplied | Don Quixote attacking the Benedictine monk |
| Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
| Chapter | Chapter 8 |
| Subject |
8.3 Episode with friars of St. Benedict |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
| Technique |
Etching (acquaforte) Burin engraving |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | II |
| Page Number | f.p. 114 |
| Image Dimension | 101 x 62 |
| Page Dimension | 200 x 124 |
| Commentary | Don Quixote, with his back turned on the viewer, attacks one friar of Saint Benedict, who has fallen from his mule.
Friar's glasses look like a mask. Also Sancho Panza and another friar with a parasol. In the background, the carriage of the lady and the Basque (don Quixote's next adventure). Drawing and engraving are quite good. |
| Notes | 1 – Copy in a reduced size after José del Castillo’s illustration for Madrid: Ibarra, 1780. |