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Image s1725-London-VanderGucht-01-012 
Illustration No. 1     
Illustrator Charles-Antoine Coypel (copied after) 
Engraver Gerard van der Gucht (?) 
Lithographer  
Title Caption Don Quixote decieved by Sancho; takes a Country Girl for Dulcinea 
Title Supplied  
Part Part II, Madrid 1615  
Chapter Chapter 10 
Subject 10.2 The three labradoras
10.3 SP presents to DQ the enchanted Dulcinea
 
Illustration Type Illustration
 
Technique Burin engraving
 
Color Black and white 
Volume
Page Number 12 
Image Dimension 273 x 302 
Page Dimension 347 x 470 
Commentary Scene resolved with a basic composition.
Don Quixote and Sancho kneel before three peasant girls mounted on donkeys.
Sancho introduces one of the peasant girls as the enchanted Dulcinea and don Quixote tries to kiss her foot.
The three peasant girls are represented as French maidens.
Baroque landscape including a lake with fishermen (very different from La Mancha landscape).
Well-detailed drawing and engraving. 
Notes 1 - From set "Sold by G. Vander Gucht in Queen Street Bloomsbury" (London, c. 1728-30 or later); numbered as plate 12.
2 - Copy engraved by Gerard van der Gucht? after Coypel's illustration (Paris: Surugue, c. 1728-30); the composition has been turned in comparison with Coypel's, but they both have the same large horizontal format.