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Good drawing and engraving.
2 - Ridley's signature as "Ridley Pr." (in other illus. "Ridley P.") maybe refers not to the engraver, but to the printer.
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| Image | 1825-New York-02-001-f |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Thomas Stothard (copied after) |
| Engraver | Ridley (printer?) (William Ridley?) |
| Lithographer | |
| Title Caption | FRONTISPIECE. DON QUIXOTE. |
| Title Supplied | |
| Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
| Chapter | Chapter 28 |
| Subject |
28.1 Priest, barber and Cardenio encounter Dorotea |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
| Technique |
Burin engraving |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | II |
| Page Number | f. title page |
| Image Dimension | 112 x 72 |
| Page Dimension | 144 x 88 |
| Commentary | Basic and well-known composition; in the foreground, Dorotea, while she is washing her feet into a stream and "combing" her hair, is suprised by the barber, the priest and Cardenio (in the background).
Good drawing and engraving. |
| Notes | 1 - Copy after the illustration designed by Stothard for London: William Miller, 1801.
2 - Ridley's signature as "Ridley Pr." (in other illus. "Ridley P.") maybe refers not to the engraver, but to the printer. |