[Don Quixote Separates his Squire from the Barber the Rightful Owner of the Basin] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Don Quixote Separates his Squire from the Barber the Rightful Owner of the Basin]
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Spain; Europe
Description: Don Quixote, clad in armor, stands triumphantly between Sancho Panza (left) and a barber (right), with a brass basin that he has mistaken for Mambrino's helmet held aloft in his right hand, with his left hand Quixote holds back the barber. Sancho stares at the barber and clenches his fists, having just been separated from the brawl by his master. The barber looks at the brass basin which Don Quixote has previously stolen from him in the forest. A donkey's pannel lies at the feet of Sancho Panza. In the background, a crowd of onlookers has gathered to watch the brawl and see the conclusion of the barber's hostility.
Image Creator: Richard Westall (Illustrator); Chal Heath (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Engraving
Identifier: mta:25603
Language: eng
Source Name: The Life and Adventures of Don Quixote De La Mancha
Parent Collection: 1820 Hurst and Robinson
Image: mta_25603_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Don Quixote
Subject: Barbers; Spain; Taverns (Inns) in literature; Panza, Sancho (Fictitious character); Don Quixote (Fictitious character) in bookplates; Knights and knighthood in art