[Sancho Gathers Up the Rope] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Sancho Gathers Up the Rope]
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Spain; Europe; Cave of Montesinos
Description: Having lowered Don Quixote into the cave of Montesinos, Sancho (right) tries to pull his master back up to the surface, leaning backwards and bringing up the rope with all his strength while on his knees. On the left the scholar who guided them towards the cave of Montesinos plants his right hand on the ground and points down into the cave where he can see Quixote (not pictured).
Image Creator: Lacoste Jeun (Illustrator); Unknown (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Engraving
Identifier: mta:26330
Language: eng
Source Name: Don Quixote De La Mancha
Parent Collection: Bohn 1842
Image: mta_26330_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Don Quixote
Subject: Panza, Sancho (Fictitious character); Rope; Exploration; Literature; Scholars; Fiction