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:
1840
Reference:
3005074i
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Description

An episode in "Don Quixote" by Miguel Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616). Left, the barber who is attempting to cure the madness of Don Quixote, is disguised as the page of the princess: he guffaws into his false beard

Publication/Creation

London (44 Paternoster Row) : Published by John Williams, 1840.

Physical description

1 print : line engraving ; platemark ca. 30.3 x 30 cm

Contributors

Lettering

The pretended princess of Micomicon petitions Don Quixote to restore her to her kingdom. Car. Coypel pinx. Bears number on accompanying sheet: VI

Notes

With: a sheet of printed text summarising the story, and the text of Cervantes in Spanish, English and French

Creator/production credits

In reverse after an engraving by Louis Surugue after a tapestry design by Charles Antoine Coypel

Reference

Wellcome Collection 3005074i

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Where to find it

  • fascicule of prints bound together

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