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Image | 1828-London-Jones-01-012 |
Illustration No. | 1   |
Illustrator | George Cruikshank |
Engraver | Unknown |
Lithographer | |
Title Caption | |
Title Supplied | Don Quixote and the lion |
Part | Part II, Madrid 1615 |
Chapter | Chapter 17 |
Subject |
17.2 Adventure of the lion |
Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
Technique |
Wood engraving or Xylography |
Color | Black and white |
Volume | I |
Page Number | f.p. 227 |
Image Dimension | 78 x 121 |
Page Dimension | 110 x 190 |
Commentary | Well-known scene since Savery (Dordrecht: Savery, 1657) and with the same basic composition; don Quixote gets ready to fight the lion, which still remains into its cage open by the lionkeeper; in the background, Sancho and don Diego run away.
Original caricature style. |
Notes | 1 - Same illus. first appeared in London: Knight and Lacey, 1824; reprinted for the London: Jones & Co, 1831 edition. |