[A Puppet Moor Forces Himself Upon the Puppet Melisandra] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [A Puppet Moor Forces Himself Upon the Puppet Melisandra]
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Spain; Europe
Description: In master Peter's puppet show, one of the towers of the Alcazar of Saragossa called Aljaferia is pictured with a long haired woman in North African apparel standing on the balcony in a Moorish habit, this is Melisandra. Now an Algerian man dressed in a turban and white clothes comes behind Melisandra and grabs her to force a kiss full on her lips, his puppet arms extended outwards, while Melisandra, appearing human-like, tries to push him away.
Image Creator: Tony Johannot (Illustrator); Obscured (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Engraving
Identifier: mta:26508
Language: eng
Source Name: Don Quixote De La Mancha
Parent Collection: Bohn 1842
Image: mta_26508_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Don Quixote
Subject: Kissing; Religious aspects; Racism; France; Clothing and dress; Fiction; Storytelling; Fiction; Puppet theater; History