Don Quixote destroying the Puppet Show · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Don Quixote destroying the Puppet Show
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Spain; Europe
Description: Don Quixote attacks the puppets while several astonished theatregoers and Maese Pedro watch him. Details of the illustration are accurate to Cervantes’ text: Maese’s eyepatch and monkey without tail. Signed by C. Armstrong (engraver). Part 2, ch. 26.
Image Creator: Carnicero, Antonio (Illustrator); Armstrong, Cosmo (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Engraving
Identifier: mta:22262
Language: eng
Source Name: The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha
Parent Collection: 1801 Miller
Image: mta_22262_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Don Quixote
Subject: Don Quixote; Maese Pedro; Theatre; Puppets