[Of How Camilla Fakes Her Death in the Chivalrous Manuscript] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Of How Camilla Fakes Her Death in the Chivalrous Manuscript]
Period: 1700-1750;
Geographic: Spain; Europe
Description: The priest reads aloud a manuscript found in the trunk of an inn. This manuscript relays the story of Anselmo and Lothario, two close friends, and how Lothario has an affair with Anselmo's wife Camilla. The illustration depicts the end of the manuscript wherein Camilla (left) forms a plan to trick Anselmo (foreground rushing towards her) by letting him know that her and Lothario will be meeting in a closet. Camilla meets Lothario (background emerging from closet) in the closet, and knowing that Anselmo is watching pretends to stab both herself and Lothario in order to fool Anselmo into thinking that she wishes to protect her chastity. This way Anselmo will not suspect that Camilla and Lothario will continue their affair.
Image Creator: Philip Simons (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Engraving
Identifier: mta:24827
Language: eng
Source Name: The Life and Exploits of the ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote De La Mancha
Parent Collection: 1747 Wilson
Image: mta_24827_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Don Quixote
Subject: Infidelity~~Literature; Deception; Fiction; Literature within Literature