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5.3 DQ returns home
Burin engraving
This scene was first represented by Bouttats (Amberes: Verdussen, 1672 - 1673).
Well-detailed setting with etching and burin engraving.
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| Image | 1819a-Madrid-ImprentaReal-01-002 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | José Rivelles |
| Engraver | Tomás López Enguídanos |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | Don Quixote returns at home with Pedro Alonso |
| Title Supplied | |
| Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
| Chapter | Chapter 5 |
| Subject |
5.2 DQ rescued by Pedro Alonso 5.3 DQ returns home |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
| Technique |
Etching (acquaforte) Burin engraving |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | I |
| Page Number | f.p. 29 |
| Image Dimension | 127 x 75 |
| Page Dimension | 181 x 115 |
| Commentary | Accuarate to Cervantes' text, Pedro Alonso, pointing to their village in the background, takes don Quixote back to his home; Rocinante follows them with "las astillas de las armas" (5:1). Don Quixote, riding Pedro Alonso's mule, appears melancholic.
This scene was first represented by Bouttats (Amberes: Verdussen, 1672 - 1673). Well-detailed setting with etching and burin engraving. |
| Notes | Wrongly placed in chapter 4:1 f.p. 29; it should be in chapter 5:1 f.p. 39. |