[Of How Dorotea Pushes her Servant off a Precipice] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Of How Dorotea Pushes her Servant off a Precipice]
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Sierra Morena; Spain; Europe
Description: Dorotea, frightened by the discovery of her bad reputation left the city and took refuge among the Sierra Morena mountains. But, while hiding in the mountains, Dorotea was assaulted by her servant who tried to force himself upon her. In defending herself, Dorotea found the strength to push the servant down a precipice. Dorotea is depicted clad in a drab coloured jerkin, girded closely around his body with a piece of white linen; wearing breeches, gaiters, and a cap in an effort to look the part of a shepherd. She appears to waving to her treacherous servant who, in trying to assault her, was pushed off a cliff.
Image Creator: Robert Smirke (Illustrator); Unknown (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Engraving
Identifier: mta:25168
Language: eng
Source Name: The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote De La Mancha
Parent Collection: 1818 Strand
Image: mta_25168_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Don Quixote
Subject: Self-defense; Fiction; Cross-dressing; Literature; Spain; Shepherds; History