[A Nymph of the Golden Tagus] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [A Nymph of the Golden Tagus]
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Spain; Europe; The River Tagus
Description: A naked nymph with long black hair stands in the midst of a river with a forest on the right. The image is occasioned by Don Quixote saying " not the greatest beauty upon earth shall prevail on me to cease adoring her, who is engraven and imprinted in the bottom of my heart and in the inmost recesses of my entrails. Whether, my dearest lady, you be now transformed into a garlic-eating country-wench, or into a nymph of the golden Tagus, weaving tissue-webs with gold and silken twist".
Image Creator: Tony Johannot (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Engraving
Identifier: mta:27021
Language: eng
Source Name: Don Quixote De La Mancha
Parent Collection: Bohn 1842
Image: mta_27021_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Don Quixote
Subject: Fables, Greek; Illustrations