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Ther man leading the horses is armed with a gun, suggesting that he has killed the man lying on the ground, set fire to the stables, and is stealing the horses (rather than the alternative explanation, that he is leading the horses to safety)

1 print : etching, with engraving ; image 35.2 x 28.8 cm

A stable on fire at night: a man leads two horses past a lamenting couple and a dead man. Etching with engraving by C. Visscher after P. van Laer.

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)

1 print : line engraving ; platemark 29 x 29.7 cm

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.

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A stable on fire at night: a man leads two horses past a lamenting couple and a dead man. Etching with engraving by C. Visscher after P. van Laer.

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.

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.

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A stable on fire at night: a man leads two horses past a lamenting couple and a dead man. Etching with engraving by C. Visscher after P. van Laer.

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.

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.

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