[Of How Don Quixote Came to be Knighted at an Inn which he Mistook for a Castle] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Of How Don Quixote Came to be Knighted at an Inn which he Mistook for a Castle]
Period: 1750-1800;
Geographic: Spain; Europe; Plains of La Mancha
Description: In the backyard of an Inn which Don Quixote has mistaken for a castle, Quixote asks to be knighted by the innkeeper who has has mistaken for a king. The innkeeper agrees to assuage Quixote's madness and also because the other guests of the inn found the whole affair humorous. Before the ceremony he bid one of the ladies to prepare his equipment, and upon her return swore to dignify her name of Tobosa. In a great feathered hat, the innkeeper knighted Quixote with a sword in his right hand and the inn's ledger which he pretended was a holy scripture in his left. Beside the innkeeper, a young boy held aloft a single candle in his right hand. For the entire ceremony Don Quixote recites the knightly prayers he has memorized from reading books of chivalry.
Image Creator: F. Hayman (Illustrator); G. V. Neist (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Engraving
Identifier: mta:25105
Language: eng
Source Name: The History and Adventures of the Renowned Don Quixote
Parent Collection: 1792 Rivington
Image: mta_25105_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Don Quixote
Subject: Don Quixote (Fictitious character) in bookplates; Knights and knighthood in art; Taverns (Inns) in literature