[Of How Don Quixote Tried to Defend his Boat from the Millers] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Of How Don Quixote Tried to Defend his Boat from the Millers]
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Spain; Europe
Description: In front of a large water mill standing in the midst of a river, Don Quixote and Sancho Panza drift in a wooden boat. The boat, being caught in a current rushes towards the water mill. The millers, pictured in the top left) see the boat drifting towards their mill and ran in hast with long wooden poles to stop the boat. Mistaking the mill for a castle of evil enchanters, Quixote, clad in armor, stands up and threatens the millers, raising his sword in the air with his right hand, and holding his shield with his left. The boat shakes and water begins to enter, making Sancho Panza lean against the far side of the boat to keep it upright.
Image Creator: Richard Westall (Illustrator); Chal Heath (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Engraving
Identifier: mta:25612
Language: eng
Source Name: The Life and Adventures of Don Quixote De La Mancha
Parent Collection: 1820 Hurst and Robinson
Image: mta_25612_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Don Quixote
Subject: Don Quixote (Fictitious character) in bookplates; Panza, Sancho (Fictitious character); Knights and knighthood in art; Boats and boating; Fiction