[Of How Don Quixote and Company Were Frightened by Bats Emerging from the Cave of Montesinos] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Of How Don Quixote and Company Were Frightened by Bats Emerging from the Cave of Montesinos]
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Spain; Europe; Cave of Montesinos
Description: Don Quixote (right), clad in armor with a rope tied around his waist pulls back some bushes to enter the cave of Montesinos, but is surprised by the emergence of birds and bats from the cave. Seeking to fight back against these animals, Quixote brandishes his sword and swings wildly around. The scholar (middle) shields his face from the winged animals with his left hand and grasps on Quixote's rope with his right. Sancho Panza (left) is struck by the scholar's flailing right hand, but retains his hold on the rope with both hands. In the foreground, a rope is coiled at Sancho's feet so that Quixote may descend a great distance.
Image Creator: George Cruickshank (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Engraving
Identifier: mta:25661
Language: eng
Source Name: The Life and Exploits of Don Quixote De La Mancha
Parent Collection: 1837 Jones
Image: mta_25661_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Don Quixote
Subject: Caves; Spain; Rope; Exploration; Literature; Don Quixote (Fictitious character) in bookplates; Panza, Sancho (Fictitious character); Scholars; Fiction