THEY COULD NOT CONTAIN THEIR LAUGHTER · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: THEY COULD NOT CONTAIN THEIR LAUGHTER
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Spain; Europe
Description: Don Quixote, mounted upon his horse Rocinante and clad in his full arsenal of equipment encounters two women and endeavors to ask them a question. Upon seeing his pathetic countenance and hearing his manner of speech neither can answer for both women cannot help but laugh. He is after all a skinny old man who thinks himself a chivalrous knight, an undoubtedly comical sight.
Image Creator: W.H. Robinson (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Engraving
Identifier: mta:24772
Language: eng
Source Name: The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote De La Mancha
Parent Collection: 1898 Page
Image: mta_24772_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Don Quixote
Subject: Don Quixote (Fictitious character) in bookplates; Knights and knighthood in art