[Don Quixot Dubb'd a Knight Errant by the Innkeeper] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Don Quixot Dubb'd a Knight Errant by the Innkeeper]
Period: 1700-1750;
Geographic: Mancha (Spain)
Description: Don Quixote, clad in a full suit of armour, prays on his knees. In front of him, a small child carries a minuscule torch in his his left hand, his right hand points towards Don Quixote. On Don Quixote's right, the innkeeper stands with a book in his right hand and a sword held aloft in his left. To Quixote's left and back two of the inn's guests kneel, and in the doorway to the inn two more guests ridicule Quixote.
Image Creator: J. Ozell (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Engraving
Identifier: mta:24517
Language: eng
Source Name: The History of the Renowned Don Quixote De la Mancha
Parent Collection: 1725 Motteux
Image: mta_24517_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Don Quixote
Subject: Don Quixote (Fictitious character) in bookplates; Knights and knighthood; Hotelkeepers; Taverns (Inns) in literature