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From the background, Sancho mounted on his donkey arriving to help his master.
Dutch windmills.
Drawing and engraving are quite acceptable; disproportions among figures; don Quixote's figure is good.
2 – Placed as frontispiece.
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| Image | 1818-Stockholm-01-001-f |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Richard Corbould (copied after) |
| Engraver | Samuel Anderson |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | DON QUIXOTE. Himlen förbarme sig! sade jag icke Hans Nåd förut, att han borde se sig väl före, óch att här endast vore väderqvarnar. |
| Title Supplied | |
| Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
| Chapter | Chapter 8 |
| Subject |
8.2 Adventure of the windmills (giants) |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
| Technique |
Burin engraving |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | I |
| Page Number | f. first title page |
| Image Dimension | 118 x 80 |
| Page Dimension | 181 x 110 |
| Commentary | In the foreground, don Quixote and Rocinante fallen on the ground after attacking a windmill; his lance is broken.
From the background, Sancho mounted on his donkey arriving to help his master. Dutch windmills. Drawing and engraving are quite acceptable; disproportions among figures; don Quixote's figure is good. |
| Notes | 1 - Copied with some changes after Richard Corbould’s illustration for London: C. Cooke, c. 1799 and later re-prints.
2 – Placed as frontispiece. |