TOSSING SANCHO IN A BLANKET · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: TOSSING SANCHO IN A BLANKET
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Spain; Plains of La Mancha
Description: The ill-fortuned Sancho Panzo gets taken off his mount and carried to the yard of an inn by a company of lively fellows. This company is composed of four wool-carders from Segovia, three needle-makers from Cordova, and two lodgers from the Fair of Seville. This company fetches a blanket and places Sancho Panza into the middle, subsequently flinging him into the air. Sancho Panza cries wretchedly as he flies, reaching the ears of his master Quixote who can not help because his path is obstructed by a fence.
Image Creator: George Cruikshank (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Engraving
Identifier: mta:24733
Language: eng
Source Name: The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha
Parent Collection: 1899 Macmillan
Image: mta_24733_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Don Quixote
Subject: Taverns (Inns) in literature; Practical jokes; Don Quixote (Fictitious character) in bookplates; Panza, Sancho (Fictitious character)