print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1868,0822.4241
- Title
- Object: The library of Don Quixote exorcised
- Description
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A woman holding a bowl irrupts into a room where Don Quixote is reading a book; illustration to vol. 1, p. 54 of Miguel de Cervantes, 'Don Quixote' (London, Cadell & Davies, 1818); after Robert Smirke, proof with etched letters. 1818
Etching and engraving
- Production date
- 1818
- Dimensions
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Height: 285 millimetres
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Width: 215 millimetres (platemark)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- From the series of 74 plates after paintings by Robert Smirke.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Don Quixote (1818)
- Acquisition date
- 1868
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1868,0822.4241