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Stipple / Crayon manner
Notice the use of stipple to shade the figures and faces (see the innkeeper).
2 - Ridley's signature as "Ridley P." (in other illus. "Ridley Pr.") maybe refers not to the engraver, but to the printer.
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| Image | 1825-New York-01-001-f |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Unknown |
| Engraver | Ridley (printer?) (William Ridley?) |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | FRONTISPIECE. Don Quixote begging of his Landlord to Knight him. |
| Title Supplied | |
| Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
| Chapter | Chapter 3 |
| Subject |
3.4 DQ knighted at inn by innkeeper |
| Illustration Type |
Frontispiece |
| Technique |
Burin engraving Stipple / Crayon manner |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | I |
| Page Number | f. title page |
| Image Dimension | 108 x 66 |
| Page Dimension | 144 x 88 |
| Commentary | Don Quixote, knelt down, begs the innkeeper to knight him; the scene has been placed at the inn stable, accurate to Cervantes' text.
Notice the use of stipple to shade the figures and faces (see the innkeeper). |
| Notes | 1 - Copy after the illustration designed by unknown designer for London: Rivington, 1792.
2 - Ridley's signature as "Ridley P." (in other illus. "Ridley Pr.") maybe refers not to the engraver, but to the printer. |