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Title: The Boar Hunting
Period: 1700-1750;
Geographic: Spain; Europe
Description: Don Quixote, Sancho Panza, the Duchess, the Duke and all their servants participate in a great hunt led by hunting dogs. They are met on their hunt by a large boar who mashed its teeth against its tusks and foamed at the mouth. Seeing the boar, Don Quixote (pictured pointing his sword at the felled boar) grasped his shield drew his sword and prepared to receive the boar head on alongside the Duke (pictured holding the duchess in the background). The Duchess was the most prepared of all of them, but the Duke insisted that she step back. Sancho Panza meanwhile resolved to run away, and leaving Dapple, he scuddled towards an oak, but fell while climbing and was caught by a snag. Suspended above the boar, Sancho yelled and bellowed as if he was being devoured until the tusky boar was laid to rest.
Image Creator: Mr. Ozell (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Engraving
Identifier: mta:25004
Language: eng
Source Name: The History of the Renowned Don Quixote De la Mancha
Parent Collection: 1749 Innys
Image: mta_25004_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Don Quixote
Subject: Don Quixote (Fictitious character) in bookplates; Hunting; Literature; Panza, Sancho (Fictitious character); Knights and knighthood in art