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Image s1725-London-VanderGucht-01-021 
Illustration No. 1     
Illustrator Charles-Antoine Coypel (copied after) 
Engraver Gerard van der Gucht (?) 
Lithographer  
Title Caption Don Quixot & Sancho mounted on a wooden Horse imagine they are travelling through the Air to revenge Dolorida's Cause 
Title Supplied  
Part Part II, Madrid 1615  
Chapter Chapter 41 
Subject 41.1 Adventure of Clavileño
41.2 DQ and SP fly on Clavileño
 
Illustration Type Illustration
 
Technique Burin engraving
 
Color Black and white 
Volume
Page Number 21 
Image Dimension 263 x 315 
Page Dimension 347 x 470 
Commentary Don Quixote and Sancho mounted on Clavileño while several servants simulate its flight with a pair of bellows and torches; one of them has lighted its fuse.
The Duke and Duchess observe the scene.
Set in a Versailles like garden (baroque architectures, hedges, one terminus...).
Well-known composition since Savery (Dordrecht: Savery, 1657).
Light and shadow effects are remarkable.
Excellent 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 21.
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.