[Of How Don Quixote's Books of Chivalry were Discarded to be Burned] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Of How Don Quixote's Books of Chivalry were Discarded to be Burned]
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Spain; Europe; Plains of La Mancha
Description: Fearing for Don Quixote's Mental State, the priest (middle) proposes that they burn the detrimental chivalrous books. On the left the housekeeper throws two books out of the window, at her feet Quixote's niece sifts through a pile of books on the ground to decide whether they should be burned. In the middle, the priest holds aloft an open book in his left hand and talks to the barber on the right who holds a book in his left hand and another beneath his arm. Many books are strewn across the ground. In the background, there's a bookshelf on the right, a picture of a horse hanging by the door and a horn on the left.
Image Creator: George Cruickshank (Illustrator); Unknown (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Engraving
Identifier: mta:25659
Language: eng
Source Name: The Life and Exploits of Don Quixote De La Mancha
Parent Collection: 1837 Jones
Image: mta_25659_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Don Quixote
Subject: Books and reading; Spain; Book Burning; Priests; Fiction; Barbers; Spain; Horses; Spain