[Of How Don Quixote was Lifted from the Cave of Montesinos] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Of How Don Quixote was Lifted from the Cave of Montesinos]
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Spain; Europe
Description: Don Quixote (bottom) clad in armor, is raised from the black depths of the cave of Montesinos, sword equipped to his waist, arms limp by his side, head dipped slightly, pictured in deep slumber. Sancho Panza (top left) wearing a hat looks down into the pit and pulls up Quixote. Behind Sancho the scholar looks down upon Quixote also. In the background the silhouette of birds can be seen flying in the sky.
Image Creator: Tony Johannot (Illustrator); Unknown (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Engraving
Identifier: mta:26331
Language: eng
Source Name: Don Quixote De La Mancha
Parent Collection: Bohn 1842
Image: mta_26331_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Don Quixote
Subject: Don Quixote (Fictitious character) in bookplates; Knights and knighthood in art; Armor; Literature; Panza, Sancho (Fictitious character); Rope; Exploration; Literature; Birds; Spain; Caves; Spain; Sleep; Literary collections