[The Giant Malumbruno Turns People into Monkeys and Crocodiles] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [The Giant Malumbruno Turns People into Monkeys and Crocodiles]
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Spain; Europe
Description: A giant bearded man, dressed for war and wearing a large turban upon his head jumps down from the sky and smoke while mounted on a wooden hobby horse. This is the giant Malambruno, a cruel enchanter. At his feet lie a monkey of brass, and a fearful crocodile, both of whom were formerly people. The monkey Antonomasia, and the crocodile Don Clavijo.
Image Creator: Obscured (Illustrator); Obscured (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Engraving
Identifier: mta:26790
Language: eng
Source Name: Don Quixote De La Mancha
Parent Collection: Bohn 1842
Image: mta_26790_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Don Quixote
Subject: Storytelling; Fiction; Monkeys; Literature; Monsters; Fiction