DON QUIXOTE ATTACKS THE WINDMILL · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: DON QUIXOTE ATTACKS THE WINDMILL
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Plains of La Mancha; Spain; Europe
Description: While travelling along the plains of La Mancha, Don Quixote (left), clad in full armor, spots some thirty or forty windmills in the distance and convinces himself that they are in fact monstrous giants. Sancho Panza (right) tries to convince the knight errant that they are windmills, but Quixote does not listen and charges towards the windmills at full speed with the intention of felling them. As Quixote charges at lance-point upon his horse Rocinante, the wind begins to blow and the windmills begin to spin, furthering his conviction that the windmills are giants.
Image Creator: George Cruikshank (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Engraving
Identifier: mta:24771
Language: eng
Source Name: The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha
Parent Collection: 1899 Macmillan
Image: mta_24771_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Don Quixote
Subject: Knights and knighthood in art; Don Quixote (Fictitious character) in bookplates; Panza, Sancho (Fictitious character)