[Of the Method Prescribed For Disenchanting the Peerless Dulcinea Del Toboso] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Of the Method Prescribed For Disenchanting the Peerless Dulcinea Del Toboso]
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Spain; Europe
Description: Don Quixote, clad in full armor, talks to his squire Sancho Panza, who is distracted by the lady Dulcinea Del Toboso who he now believed was really enchanted. Sancho's belief in Dulcinea's enchantment is portrayed in this illustration by her long white flowing apparel, divine posture and the clothed chariot she appears to be riding. Furthermore, proof of Sancho's diluusion is provided by the three cherubs which accompany Dulcinea.
Image Creator: Robert Smirke (Illustrator); Unknown (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Engraving
Identifier: mta:25552
Language: eng
Source Name: The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote De La Mancha
Parent Collection: 1818 Strand
Image: mta_25552_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Don Quixote
Subject: Panza, Sancho (Fictitious character); Don Quixote (Fictitious character) in bookplates; Imagination; Literature