MASTER PETER AND HIS APE · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: MASTER PETER AND HIS APE
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Spain; Europe
Description: Master Peter stands on the road to Saragosa with his ape on his shoulder and a walking stick in hand. He is a well known and renowned puppeteer who travels between inns and puts on puppet shows. According to Hamete Benengeli, Master Peter is actually Gines de Pasamonte, the galley slave whom Don Quixote frees earlier near the Sierra Morena, and whom later goes on to steal Sancho Panza's donkey Dapple. He is pictured here before meeting Don Quixote at the inn wherein Master Peter will recognize the man and put on a play for him with a plot much like Quixote's own story, at which point Quixote will take up arms and destroy the puppet show.
Image Creator: W.H. Robinson (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Engraving
Identifier: mta:24792
Language: eng
Source Name: The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote De La Mancha
Parent Collection: 1898 Page
Image: mta_24792_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Don Quixote
Subject: Puppet theater; History; Monkeys; Literature