[Don Quixote Beats the Courier] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Don Quixote Beats the Courier]
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Spain; Europe
Description: Insulted that the Courier (left) removed his armor from off the cistern pictured on the right and moved it to the foreground, Don Quixote (right), clad in armor, lifts his lance in his right hand to deliver a blow upon the courier who he mistakes for a knight. The courier falls onto the ground in fright, trying to scuttle away from Quixote.
Image Creator: George Cruickshank (Illustrator); Sears (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Engraving
Identifier: mta:25652
Language: eng
Source Name: The Life and Exploits of Don Quixote De La Mancha
Parent Collection: 1837 Jones
Image: mta_25652_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Don Quixote
Subject: Don Quixote (Fictitious character) in bookplates; Knights and knighthood in art; Weapons; History; Literature; Mental illness; Literature; Violence; Fiction