Sancho Panza (the squire of Don Quixote) pretending to depart to govern the fictitious island of Barataria. Engraving by J. Mynde after C.A. Coypel after M. de Cervantes Saavedra.

  • Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616.
Date:
1725
Reference:
3005805i
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Description

An episode in "Don Quixote" by Miguel Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616), part II, chapter 44. Don Quixote wearing armour embraces Sancho who is dressed as a grandee. In the background is an Ionic colonnade

Publication/Creation

1725

Physical description

1 print : line engraving, with etching ; image 27.4 x 28.7 cm

Lettering

Sancho departing for his goverment in Barataria receives ye instrucions and blesssing of Don Quixote. C. Coypel pin. I. Mynde sc. 1725

Creator/production credits

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

Reference

Wellcome Collection 3005805i

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