[Altisidora Visits Don Quixote in his Chamber] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Altisidora Visits Don Quixote in his Chamber]
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Spain; Europe; Plains of La Mancha
Description: Altisidora (left) enters Don Quixote's chambers in a long white taffeta robe, in her left hand she supports herself with a black staff of polished ebony, her right hand reaching out to the knight, she is wearing a garland on her head. Quixote see's Altisidora, but is so confounded by her presence he grasps violently at his pillow. On the right there is a wooden chair. In the background Sancho Panza watches from behind a curtain.
Image Creator: Richard Westall (Illustrator); Chal Heath (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Engraving
Identifier: mta:25623
Language: eng
Source Name: The Life and Adventures of Don Quixote De La Mancha
Parent Collection: 1820 Hurst and Robinson
Image: mta_25623_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Don Quixote
Subject: Don Quixote (Fictitious character) in bookplates; Panza, Sancho (Fictitious character); Clothing and dress; Fiction; Deception; Fiction; Sleep; Literary collections