[Melisandra's Puppet Hangs from a Balcony] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Melisandra's Puppet Hangs from a Balcony]
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Spain; Europe
Description: During master Peter's puppet show, Melisandra's puppet, clad in Algerian garb lets herself down from the balcony, to get on horseback and escape the tower, but the skirt ofher petticoat catches hold on one of the iron rails of the balcony. There the puppet hangs dangling in the air, arms and legs extended stiffly,
Image Creator: Miguel De Cervantes (Engraver); Unknown (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Engraving
Identifier: mta:26510
Language: eng
Source Name: Don Quixote De La Mancha
Parent Collection: Bohn 1842
Image: mta_26510_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Don Quixote
Subject: Escapes; Fiction; Puppet theater; History; Accident victims; Fiction