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Title: [Golden age speech]
Period: 1700-1750;
Geographic: Spain; Europe
Description: Don Quixote delivers a speech about the golden age to a group of goatherds. The goatherds are gathered around Don Quixote, whose figure is at the centre of the composition. Sancho Panza appears in the right foreground, drinking wine from a cup. The goatherd in the left foreground is drawn with a classical figure. Plate no. 8, signed by J. Vanderbank (illustrator) and G. van der Gucht (engraver). Vol. 1, book 2, ch. 3.
Image Creator: Vanderbank, John (Illustrator); van der Gucht, Gerard (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Engraving
Identifier: mta:20362
Language: eng
Source Name: The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha
Parent Collection: 1742 Tonson
Image: mta_20362_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Don Quixote
Subject: Don Quixote; Sancho Panza; Goatherds