Don Quixote kneels in armour to embrace the leg of a country girl whom he believes to be the heroine Dulcinea; Sancho Panza kneels beside him. Line engraving after C.A. Coypel.

  • Coypel, Charles-Antoine, 1694-1752.
Date:
[1730?]
Reference:
3006305i
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Description

An episode in "Don Quixote" by Miguel Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616)

Publication/Creation

[London?], [1730?]

Physical description

1 print : line engraving, with etching ; image 27.6 x 31.2 cm

Contributors

Creator/production credits

In reverse after an engraving by Jean Baptiste Haussard after a tapestry design by Charles Antoine Coypel. Possibly engraved by James Mynde, as there are other engravings by him of Don Quixote after Coypel

Reference

Wellcome Collection 3006305i

Type/Technique

Subjects

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