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Image 1814-Paris-Masson-04-004 
Illustration No. 1     
Illustrator Antonio Carnicero (copied after) 
Engraver Unknown 
Lithographer  
Title Caption  
Title Supplied An officer of justice tries to arrest don Quixote 
Part Part I, Madrid 1605  
Chapter Chapter 45 
Subject 45.2 DQ being arrested
 
Illustration Type Chapter illustration
 
Technique Etching (acquaforte)
Burin engraving
 
Color Black and white 
Volume IV 
Page Number f.p. 216 
Image Dimension 99 x 61 
Page Dimension 200 x 124 
Commentary One of the officers of the Holy Brotherhood tries to arrest don Quixote; he holds a paper with don Quixote's description.
Don Quixote grabs the officer by his neck; other officers and the innkeeper arrive to help him.
The priest arrives and reads the order.
Don Fernando tries to separate don Quixote and the officer.
Meanwhile, Sancho Panza and the other barber continue fighting because of the packsaddle.
In the background, the innkeeper's wife, her daughter and Maritornes.
Accurate detail from the previous scene: the broken lance; "Don Quixote [...] le iba a descargar tal golpe sobre su cabeza, que a no desviarse el cuadrillero, se le dejara allí tendido: el lanzón se hizo pedazos en el suelo" (45:1).
Drawing and engraving are very remarkable. 
Notes 1 – Copy in a reduced size after Antonio Carnicero’s illustration for Madrid: Ibarra, 1780.