Well-known scene about Basilio's fake stabbing.
Print of great quality because of its drawing, engraving and details; figures of great beauty (see fine burin lines in Quiteria's dress); detailed faces and well-characterized (see the priest and Camacho).
Notice some interesting gestures: while Quiteria loosens Camacho's hand (left), takes Basilio's (right).
Sancho Panza, holding his saucepan, is a realistic contrast with the whole scene.
Theatrical composition, with a curtain in the background. |
| William Finden (¿?, 1787 – London, 1852): Engraver. He was a disciple of James Mitan (London, 1776 - ¿?, 1822). In collaboration with his brother, Edward Francis Finden (London, 1791 – London, 1857) and with his assistants and disciples, William Finden published beautiful series as The Gallery of the Graces after Chalon, Landseer and others (1832 – 1834), Portraits of Dames of the Queen Victoria after Chalon, Hayter and others and Portraits of Notable Men of Great Britain. Both brothers engraved plates for books as Life and works of Lord Byron, Artistic travels and Poetical works of Campbell. Some of his most well-known engravings are: George IV after Sir Thomas Lawrence, Inside of a Highlander house after Sir Edwin Landseer and Crucifixion after Hilton. In the present edition, one engraving is signed “Finden” and other “W. Finden”; maybe, they are by both brothers (Benezit IV, 370). |
