[Antonomasia in Custody of the Court] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Antonomasia in Custody of the Court]
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Spain; Europe
Description: A young woman, dressed in white flowing apparel, kneels on a large black cushion and looks down out of a small barred window. Her reflection is visible in the glass. The image is occasioned by countess Trifaldi saying "The necessary steps were taken; the vicar saw the contract and took the lady's confession; she acknowledged the whole, and was ordered into the custody of an honest alguazil of the court."
Image Creator: Tony Johannot (Illustrator); Unknown (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Engraving
Identifier: mta:26788
Language: eng
Source Name: Don Quixote De La Mancha
Parent Collection: Bohn 1842
Image: mta_26788_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Don Quixote
Subject: Monarchy; Spain; Princesses; Fiction; Prisoners; Fiction