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Image s1725-London-VanderGucht-01-005 
Illustration No. 1     
Illustrator Charles-Antoine Coypel (copied after) 
Engraver Gerard van der Gucht (?) 
Lithographer  
Title Caption Sancho's departure for the Island of Barataria 
Title Supplied  
Part Part II, Madrid 1615  
Chapter Chapter 44 
Subject 44.1 SP departs for Barataria;
 
Illustration Type Illustration
 
Technique Burin engraving
 
Color Black and white 
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Image Dimension 270 x 286 
Page Dimension 347 x 470 
Commentary In the center of the composition, don Quixote embraces Sancho before the squire leaves for Barataria Island.
On the left, the Duke and servants.
On the right, the Duchess and servants with Sancho's donkey.
Theatrical and well-balanced composition; court scene suitable to Coypel's style (Ionic columns gallery, detailed architectures, fountains, rich clothes...).
Detailed drawing and engraving (see Duke and Duchess' faces). 
Notes 1 - From set "Sold by G. Vander Gucht in Queen Street Bloomsbury" (London, c. 1725 or later); numbered as plate 5.
2 - Copy engraved by Gerard van der Gucht? after Coypel's illustration (Paris: Surugue, c. 1724); the composition has been turned in comparison with Coypel's, but they both have the same large horizontal format.