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Title
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Master Peter and his Ape Discovering Don Quixote
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Description
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While Don Quixote and Sancho Panza have dinner in an inn, a man, clothed in a doublet, breeches, and shamoy hose comes through the door. The Landlord recognizes the man as master Peter. This master Peter has his left eye and half of his cheek covered by a green patch to hide the fact that he is also the veritable thief Gines De Pasamonte who has interacted with Sancho and Quixote in the past. Master Peter, seeking to keep his identity a secret, is living as a master puppeteer with a fortunetelling ape. He leaves the inn to fetch his puppets and his ape which are being held on a cart. Sancho Panza (pictured on the left surprised by Master Peter's behaviour towards his master) went to ask the monkey about his wife, but the monkey recognized Don Quixote swiftly, returning to its masters shoulder, and Master peter fell to his knees and hugged Quixote's leg, praising Quixote for his chivalrous deeds. Beneath the image is the inscription "Peter declares his ape can all things tell; that are at present, or that have befell; but challenging the knight reveals no more than what unknown to them, he knew before".
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Image Creator
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Rennoldson (Engraver)
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Wale Delind. (Illustrator)
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Identifier
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mta:25012
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Source Name
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The History of the Renowned Don Quixote de La Mancha
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Image
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Subject
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Don Quixote (Fictitious character) in bookplates
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Disguise
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Fiction
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Monkeys
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Literature
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Panza, Sancho (Fictitious character)
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Knights and knighthood in art
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Taverns (Inns) in literature
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