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Burin engraving
In the background, the defeated barber runs away.
Accurate details: fulling mills and rain.
Drawing and engraving are quite good, but with light disproportions among figures.
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| Image | 1814-Paris-Masson-03-001 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Antonio Carnicero (copied after) |
| Engraver | Unknown |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | |
| Title Supplied | Don Quixote trying to fit Mambrino's helmet (barber basin) on his head |
| Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
| Chapter | Chapter 21 |
| Subject |
21.3 Adventure of the helmet of Mambrino |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
| Technique |
Etching (acquaforte) Burin engraving |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | III |
| Page Number | f.p. 33 |
| Image Dimension | 101 x 62 |
| Page Dimension | 200 x 124 |
| Commentary | Don Quixote tries to fit the basin on his head, while Sancho saddles his donkey up with the conquered packsaddle.
In the background, the defeated barber runs away. Accurate details: fulling mills and rain. Drawing and engraving are quite good, but with light disproportions among figures. |
| Notes | 1 – Copy in a reduced size after Antonio Carnicero’s illustration for Madrid: Ibarra, 1780. |