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Title
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[Don Quixote Challenges the Lions]
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Description
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Don Quixote and Sancho Panza encounter a cart with flags led by mules and a man sitting upon the forepart. Don QuixoteQ halts the cart and asks what the cart's purpose is and what it holds within it. The carter answers that the cart is his own and he's keeping two fierce hungry lions within the cart which he's bringing to the king as a gift from the General of Oran. Sensing an opportunity to test his bravery, Quixote intimidates the lion keeper into opening the lion's cage so he may slay the beast. Fearing that Don Quixote will do him harm, the keeper (right) assents and opens up the cage while Sancho Panza (background left) flees from the scene, lamenting the death of his master from afar. Once the cage is opened, Don Quixote observes the lion on foot with sword and shield in hand ready to do battle with the lion. The lion shows no interest in Don Quixote nor his bravado and turns his posterior to the knight-errant before lying down in the cage once more.
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Image Creator
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Philip Simons (Engraver)
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Identifier
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mta:24831
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Source Name
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The Life and Exploits of the ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote De La Mancha
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Image
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Subject
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Lion
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Literature
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Don Quixote (Fictitious character) in bookplates
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Knights and knighthood in art
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Panza, Sancho (Fictitious character)
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