[A Rope of Cats Lowered Before Quixote's Window] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [A Rope of Cats Lowered Before Quixote's Window]
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Spain; Europe
Description: A rope is let down over Quixote's window, to which five small bells were fastened, and immediately afterwards was emptied a great sackful of cats, which had smaller bells tied totheir tails. These cats all fall before Quixote's window, and Quixote, thinking them devils brandishes his sword (right) and swings his blade wildly about.
Image Creator: Tony Johannot (Illustrator); Unknown (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Engraving
Identifier: mta:26966
Language: eng
Source Name: Don Quixote De La Mancha
Parent Collection: Bohn 1842
Image: mta_26966_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Don Quixote
Subject: Cats; Fiction; Bells; Literature; Weapons; History; Literature