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In the background, don Diego and Sancho running away; the carter(?) climbing a tree.
Drawing and engraving done to look archaic and disproportionate.
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| Image | 1936-Guixols-Viader-02-014 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Unknown (after Diego de Obregón) |
| Engraver | Unknown |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | |
| Title Supplied | Don Quixote and the lion |
| Part | Part II, Madrid 1615 |
| Chapter | Chapter 17 |
| Subject |
17.2 Adventure of the lion |
| Illustration Type |
Vignette |
| Technique |
Wood engraving or Xylography |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | II |
| Page Number | Fol. 36v |
| Image Dimension | 93 x 155 |
| Page Dimension | 307 x 237 |
| Commentary | In the foreground, don Quixote ready to fight against a lion, but the animal remains into the cage although the lionkeeper has opened the gate.
In the background, don Diego and Sancho running away; the carter(?) climbing a tree. Drawing and engraving done to look archaic and disproportionate. |
| Notes | 1 – Copied after the illustration for Barcelona: Juan Jolis, 1755 (and 1762), copied after Madrid: Antonio Sanz, 1735, badly copied after Diego de Obregón’s illustration (Madrid: Andrés García de la Iglesia, 1674). |