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A barber is asked to shave a man who has no facial hair. Etching by Phiz (Hablot K. Browne).
Browne, Hablot Knight, 1815-1882.Date: 1844Reference: 30634i- Pictures
Attempting to cure the delusions of Don Quixote, Dorothea pretends to be a princess and asks the Don's help in restoring her to her kingdom. Line engraving after C.A. Coypel.
Coypel, Charles-Antoine, 1694-1752.Date: 1840Reference: 3005074i- Pictures
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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A lunatic in a barred cell imagines himself to be a leading actor in a melodrama. Etching by T.L. Busby, ca. 1826.
Busby, Thomas Lord.Date: [1826?]Reference: 726148iPart of: Busby's humorous etchings.- Pictures
Elisa, seated in her favourite place in her husband's country park, sees a man approach her through the trees: it is her husband, the Marquis de Volange, whom she imagines to be a sprite called Valoë. Engraving by J. Collyer, 1788, after T. Stothard.
Marmontel, Jean-François, 1723-1799.Date: January 1st 1788Reference: 2922667i