Gines De Pasamonte Steals Dapple · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Gines De Pasamonte Steals Dapple
Period: 1750-1800;
Geographic: Spain; Sierra Morena; Europe
Description: Whilst Don Quixote (pictured clad in full armour, leaning upon his lance) and Sancho Panza (pictured sleeping soundly upona wooden stave) sleep in the brown mountains of Sierra Morena, the infamous thief Gines De Passamonte, who Quixote had freed from slavery, steals Dapple from right under Sancho. The ungrateful thief replaces Dapple with a saddle held aloft by four wooden stakes, upon which Sancho sleeps soundly. In the bottom left corner of the image, Gines de Pasamonte can be seen making his escape with Dapple by his side.
Image Creator: Stothard (Illustrator); Heath (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Engraving
Identifier: mta:25034
Language: eng
Source Name: The History and Adventures of the Renowned Don Quixote
Parent Collection: 1782 Smollet
Image: mta_25034_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Don Quixote
Subject: Thieves; Fiction; Panza, Sancho (Fictitious character); Knights and knighthood in art; Don Quixote (Fictitious character) in bookplates