[The Scholars and Countrymen Fall into Wonder at the Sight of Quixote] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [The Scholars and Countrymen Fall into Wonder at the Sight of Quixote]
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Spain; Europe
Description: Four men ride on donkeys, two countrymen (left) and two scholars (right). The countrymen appear, confused, older and more worn with small hats and sacks upon their backs. Meanwhile, the scholars dressed in long black robes and large wide hats confide in each other, the scholar in the background with two epee's underneath his arm. The image is occasioned by Don Quixote overtaking this company and desiring to travel with them.
Image Creator: Tony Johannot (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Engraving
Identifier: mta:26129
Language: eng
Source Name: Don Quixote De La Mancha
Parent Collection: Bohn 1842
Image: mta_26129_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Don Quixote
Subject: Scholars; Fiction; Weapons; History; Literature; Fencing; Training; Donkeys; Literature