[Of How Quixote was Knighted in the Backyard of an Inn that he Mistook for a Castle] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Of How Quixote was Knighted in the Backyard of an Inn that he Mistook for a Castle]
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Spain; Europe
Description: In the backyard of an inn, the innkeeper (left) raises a sword above his head with both hands to perform the initiation rites of knighthood for Don Quixote (middle), who has mistaken the innkeeper for a king and his inn for a castle. On the left, a boy wearing a cap holds a candle in his left hand and the inn's ledger in his right which they have tricked Quixote into thinking is a holy book of knighthood. Don Quixote, clad in his armor, takes to one knee and prays. On the right two women appear bemused by Quixote's rites of initiation into knighthood.
Image Creator: George Cruickshank (Illustrator); Sears (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Engraving
Identifier: mta:25651
Language: eng
Source Name: The Life and Exploits of Don Quixote De La Mancha
Parent Collection: 1837 Jones
Image: mta_25651_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Don Quixote
Subject: Don Quixote (Fictitious character) in bookplates; Knights and knighthood in art; Initiation rites; Folklore; Taverns (Inns) in literature