Sancho Panza and Don Quixote, after sleeping in their saddles, discover in the morning that Sancho's ass has been stolen and replaced by four sticks. Line engraving after C.A. Coypel.

  • Coypel, Charles-Antoine, 1694-1752.
Date:
1840
Reference:
3005073i
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About this work

Description

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

Publication/Creation

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

Physical description

1 print : line engraving ; platemark 29 x 29.7 cm

Lettering

Sancho 'wakes, and despairs of ever finding his dear Dapple again, which Gines de Passamont carries off. Car. Coypel pinx. Bears number on accompanying sheet: V

Notes

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

Reference

Wellcome Collection 3005073i

Creator/production credits

In reverse after an engraving by Simon François Ravenet I after a tapestry design by Charles Antoine Coypel

Type/Technique

Languages

Where to find it

  • fascicule of prints bound together

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