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An episode in Don Quixote by Miguel Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616), part I, chapter 8, surrounded by an ornate frame

1 print : engraving, with etching ; platemark 14.8 x 9.7 cm

After attacking a windmill believed to be a giant, Don Quixote and his horse Rocinante lie on the ground, while Sancho Panza rides to their rescue. Engraving by C.T. Warren, 1796, after R. Corbould.

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

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

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.

An episode in "Don Quixote" by Miguel Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616), surrounded by an ornate frame

1 print : etching, with engraving ; image and border 15.8 x 10 cm

Sancho Panza and Don Quixote sleeping in their saddles while Sancho's ass is stolen and replaced by four sticks. Etching by J. Heath, 1782, after T. Stothard.

An episode in "Don Quixote" by Miguel Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616), part 1, Madrid 1603, chapter 3. Two "ladies of pleasure" Tolosa and Molinera hold his shield and sword. The inn-sign is the cross of the knights of St John. A boy holds a candle to indicate night

1 print : line engraving, with etching ; image 28.5 x 28.5 cm

An inn-keeper, mistaken by Don Quixote for a knight, humours the Don by dubbing him a knight errant. Line engraving by J. Mynde, 1725, after C.A. Coypel.

John Law was a Scottish financier whose reforms in France led to a financial bubble which burst in 1720. The following is based on the British Museum online catalogue. Law is mounted on a braying ass hung about with bags of money and a chest labelled "Bombarioos geldkist 1720" (Bombario's money chest 1720); he holds a flag labelled, "Ik koom ik koom Dulcinia" in reference to the lady Dulcinea in Don Quixote. On the left a devil squirts a clysterpipe into the mouth of the donkey which is dragged by chains from a metal collar, towards the Quinquenpoix coffee-house (where Law was based in Paris) whose keeper is Dulcinea; the crowd includes a Jew, a sailor and working men as well as merchants. Behind Law sits a devil who holds up the ass's tail while it defecates share-certificates and paper money which a mixed crowd runs forward to grab. Another devil wearing a fool's cap and carrying a scourge hovers above. Beside the ass, Bombario as Sancho Panza, wearing a robe decorated with fish-hooks and with a quill behind his ear, is perched on a large toad or frog; he hands a bag of money to Law. In the foreground, to left, a group of objects connected with worthwhile trade have been kicked aside: the caduceus of Mercury, ledgers, a portable desk, coins, papers, a bale, barrel and roll of tobacco. In the background, ships sail on the South Sea

Groote tafereel der dwaasheid.

1 print : etching, with engraving ; image and lettering 20.7 x 27.5 cm

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Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616 Characters Sancho Panza

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After attacking a windmill believed to be a giant, Don Quixote and his horse Rocinante lie on the ground, while Sancho Panza rides to their rescue. Engraving by C.T. Warren, 1796, after R. Corbould.

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.

Sancho Panza and Don Quixote sleeping in their saddles while Sancho's ass is stolen and replaced by four sticks. Etching by J. Heath, 1782, after T. Stothard.

An inn-keeper, mistaken by Don Quixote for a knight, humours the Don by dubbing him a knight errant. Line engraving by J. Mynde, 1725, after C.A. Coypel.

John Law as Don Quixote with Bombario as Sancho Panza. Etching, ca. 1720.

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Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616 Characters Sancho Panza

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After attacking a windmill believed to be a giant, Don Quixote and his horse Rocinante lie on the ground, while Sancho Panza rides to their rescue. Engraving by C.T. Warren, 1796, after R. Corbould.

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.

Sancho Panza and Don Quixote sleeping in their saddles while Sancho's ass is stolen and replaced by four sticks. Etching by J. Heath, 1782, after T. Stothard.

An inn-keeper, mistaken by Don Quixote for a knight, humours the Don by dubbing him a knight errant. Line engraving by J. Mynde, 1725, after C.A. Coypel.

John Law as Don Quixote with Bombario as Sancho Panza. Etching, ca. 1720.

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