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.

  • Coypel, Charles-Antoine, 1694-1752.
Date:
[1725?]
Reference:
3006306i
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Description

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

Publication/Creation

[London] : [H. Overton and J. Hoole], [1725?]

Physical description

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

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Lettering

Don Quixote dubb'd a knight errant by ye inn-keeper, by break of day, attended by a boy w.th a lighted candle, & two young harlotts. Car. Coypel pinx. I. Mynde sculp. 1725

Creator/production credits

In reverse after an engraving by Jean Baptiste Haussard after a tapestry design by Charles Antoine Coypel

Reference

Wellcome Collection 3006306i

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