[Of How Quixote Was Surprised by the Bats and Birds Which Flew Forth from the Cave] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Of How Quixote Was Surprised by the Bats and Birds Which Flew Forth from the Cave]
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Spain; Cave of Montesinos; Europe
Description: Having drawn near the brink of the cave, and hewing down the brambles and bushes which concealed the mouth of the cave with his sword Don Quixote, clad in armor was knocked over by a number of huge ravens, owls, and bats that flew out of the cave. Don Quixote lands on his behind, his arms raised in the air, his left foot hanging over the edge of the abyss. On the right Sancho Panza holds the rope tied to Quixote's doublet with both hands, his eyes wide and his mouth agape. In the background the scholar drops the rope and moves towards Quixote.
Image Creator: Tony Johannot (Illustrator); Unknown (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Engraving
Identifier: mta:26329
Language: eng
Source Name: Don Quixote De La Mancha
Parent Collection: Bohn 1842
Image: mta_26329_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Don Quixote
Subject: Don Quixote (Fictitious character) in bookplates; Panza, Sancho (Fictitious character); Knights and knighthood in art; Armor; Literature; Bats; Behavior; Literature; Owls; Literature; Ravens; Behavior; Scholars; Fiction; Accident victims; Fiction