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
- Pictures
About this work
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
Reference
Wellcome Collection 3005074i
Creator/production credits
In reverse after an engraving by Louis Surugue after a tapestry design by Charles Antoine Coypel
Type/Technique
Languages
Where to find it
fascicule of prints bound together
Location Status Access Closed stores