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Image 1814-Paris-Masson-07-006 
Illustration No. 1     
Illustrator Gregorio Ferro (copied after) 
Engraver Unknown 
Lithographer  
Title Caption  
Title Supplied Sancho showing the hare to don Quixote 
Part Part II, Madrid 1615  
Chapter Chapter 73 
Subject 73.1 Omens about Dulcinea and DQ
 
Illustration Type Chapter illustration
 
Technique Etching (acquaforte)
Burin engraving
 
Color Black and white 
Volume VII 
Page Number f.p. 574 
Image Dimension 100 x 62 
Page Dimension 200 x 124 
Commentary Original scene.
Returning to their village, don Quixote and Sancho find one hare chased by greyhounds; don Quixote interprets it as a bad omen about Dulcinea and Sancho saves the hare to break the bad omen; "presupongamos que esta liebre es Dulcinea del Toboso, y estos galgos que la persiguen son los malandrines encantadores que la transformaron en una labradora: ella huye, yo la cojo, y la pongo en poder de vuesa merced que la tiene en sus brazos y la regala" (73:2).
In the foreground, two boys argue about a cage with crickets.
From the background, the hunters arrive searching their hare.
Sancho's donkey with the clothes from Altisidora's adventure.
As a whole, the plate is quite good. 
Notes 1 – Copy in a reduced size after Gregorio Ferro’s illustration for Madrid: Ibarra, 1780.
2 - Despite its reference "Tom. 7 Pag. 328." (chapter 69:2), it has been well-placed in chapter 73:2.