Sancho's Disaster at the Boar Hunting · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Sancho's Disaster at the Boar Hunting
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Spain; Europe
Description: Don Quixote, wearing armor, holds Sancho Panza steady as the squire has gotten stuck upside-down, his foot caught in the stump of an oak branch which has torn his coat. Sancho's donkey, Dapple, stands on the right. In the background the Duke, Duchess, and their attendants finish their boar hunt.
Image Creator: Robert Smirke (Illustrator); R. Golding (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Engraving
Identifier: mta:25558
Language: eng
Source Name: The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote De La Mancha
Parent Collection: 1818 Strand
Image: mta_25558_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Don Quixote
Subject: Don Quixote (Fictitious character) in bookplates; Panza, Sancho (Fictitious character); Knights and knighthood in art; Donkeys in literature; Clothing and dress; Fiction