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	Image	1818-London-Cadell-01-004
	Illustration No.	1
	Illustrator	Robert Smirke
	Engraver	Abraham Raimbach
	Lithographer
	Title Caption	THE ORDER OF KNIGHTHOOD CONFERED ON DON QUIXOTE
	Title Supplied
	Part	Part I, Madrid 1605
	Chapter	Chapter 3
	Subject	3.4 DQ knighted at inn by innkeeper
	Illustration Type	Chapter illustration
	Technique	Burin engraving
	Color	Black and white
	Volume	I
	Page Number	f.p. 32
	Image Dimension	120 x 101
	Page Dimension	244 x 150
	Commentary	Well-known scene with the basic characters: don Quixote, knelt down and still with his helmet, knighted by the innkeeper, holding a sword and a book; doña Molinera and doña Tolosa, with the sword; and the boy with the candle; also a woman at the window and some men. The figures of doña Tolosa and doña Molinera are resolved as idealized and Romantic images. Good light and shadow effects (produced by the candle and the moon among clouds). Faces are excellently drawn and engraved (see the innkeeper, woman at the window...). Print of great quality.
	Notes	Abraham Raimbach (London, 1776 – Greenwich, 1843): Engraver, acquafortist and miniaturist. He was a disciple of the engraver J. Hall and in the schools of the Royal Academy. He began working as a miniaturist for several booksellers; then, he continued working as an engraver. He engraved illustrations for one edition of The Thousand and one nights and, between 1797 and 1805, he exposed some portraits in the Royal Academy (Benezit VIII, 585).