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Title
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The Knight of the Looking Glasses Overcome by Don Quixote
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Description
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Don Quixote challenges the Knight of the Wood to a duel, which the Knight of the Wood agrees to once the sun rises. When the duel is set to take place, the Knight of the Wood wears such shiny armor that he is renamed the Knight of Mirrors. Right before both knights are set to charge, Quixote notices that the Knight of Woods' squire has an impossibly large nose, scaring both Quixote and Sancho. Sancho is so scared by this squire's nose that he asks for Quixote to help him up into a nearby tree. While Quixote was helping his squire up, the knight of the mirrors prepared himself for the duel, imagining that Don Quixote had done the like, and attacked with his horse's best speed. Seeing that Quixote was not prepared, he tried to stop himself mid-gallop and harshly tumbled to the off his steed. Seeing his adversary before him, Don Quixote began the attack, and soon brought the knight of the mirrors to the ground, where he lay for some time without the least appearance of life. Once the dust had settled, Quixote saw that the knight's helmet had come off, revealing him to be Samson Carrasco, but Quixote figured this to be an enchanter's trick and refused to believe this was his true identity. Before Quixote could deal any further damage, the Knight of the Wood's squire stepped between them, having flung his fake nose to the ground, and told Quixote to find the enchanters rather than kill his master. Inscribed beneath the image are the words "The bachelor Carasco's friendly view is as a friend, Don Quixote to subdue; but in the friendly plan, behold he fails for shining steel over brittle lilacs prevails".
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Image Creator
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Rennoldson (Engraver)
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Identifier
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mta:25033
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Source Name
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The History of the Renowned Don Quixote de La Mancha
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Image
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Subject
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Don Quixote (Fictitious character) in bookplates
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Knights and knighthood in art
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Dueling
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Early works to 1800
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